Were cell phones associated with lower crime in the 1990s and 2000s?

Journal of Crime and Justice

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 222-234

  Orrick, Erin A ^a   Piquero, Alex R ^b  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

cell phone ownership; crime drop; property crime; security hypothesis; violent crime

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928720398     PISSN: 0735648X     EISSN: 21589119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0735648X.2013.864570     Document Type: Article

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