Evaluation of the United Kingdom’s “Crime reduction programme”: Analysis of costs and benefits

Costs and Benefits of Preventing Crime

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 179-201

  Dhiri, Sanjay ^a,b   Goldblatt, Peter ^c   Brand, Sam ^a   Price, Richard ^a  

^a Home Office Central Research Establishment   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Office of National Statistics   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85047160916     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780429501265     Document Type: Chapter

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