Police operations 3.0: On the impact and policy implications of police operations on the warez scene

Policy and Internet

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 315-340

  Décary Hétu, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deterrence; Impact of police operations; Intellectual property fraud; Interrupted time series; Police operations; Warez

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929177574     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19442866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1944-2866.POI369     Document Type: Article

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