Valuing the public’s demand for crime prevention programs: a discrete choice experiment

The objectives of the study were (a) to utilize a state-of-the-art survey methodology previously employed in the environmental, health, and safety economics literatures to estimate the cost of violent crime and homicide in Buenos Aires and (b) to demonstrate the feasibility of this method for crime...

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Authors: Picasso, Emilio (Author) ; Cohen, Mark A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2019
In: Journal of experimental criminology
Year: 2019, Volume: 15, Issue: 4, Pages: 529-550
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Cost of crime
Choice experiment
Willingness-to-pay
Survey Methodology
Value of statistical life
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Summary:The objectives of the study were (a) to utilize a state-of-the-art survey methodology previously employed in the environmental, health, and safety economics literatures to estimate the cost of violent crime and homicide in Buenos Aires and (b) to demonstrate the feasibility of this method for crime cost estimation and for using these surveys in developing countries.
ISSN:1572-8315
DOI:10.1007/s11292-019-09378-x