Can Cost-Benefit Analysis Answer Criminal Justice Policy Questions, And If So, How?

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 257-275

  Roman, John ^a  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

cost benefit analysis; criminal justice; policy analysis; program evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993709498     PISSN: 10439862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043986204266888     Document Type: Article

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