Mobile Phones and Crime Deterrence: An Underappreciated Link

Between 1991 and 2001, crime rates dropped by about a third across all crime categories. We suggest that the introduction and growth of mobile phone technology may have contributed to the crime decline in the 1990s, specifically in the areas of rape and assault. Given that mobile phones increase sur...

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1. VerfasserIn: Klick, Jonathan (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Stratmann, Thomas ; MacDonald, John
Medienart: Elektronisch Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2012
In:Jahr: 2012
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