Police, crime and the problem of weak instruments: revisiting the ‘‘More Police, Less Crime’’ thesis
Objectives A key question in the general deterrence literature has been the extent to which the police reduce crime. Definitive answers to this statement, however, are difficult to come by because while more police may reduce crime, higher crime rates may also increase police levels, by triggering t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2016
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Journal of quantitative criminology
Year: 2016, Volume: 32, Issue: 1, Pages: 133-158 |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |
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