Optimal policing with (and without) criminal search
We develop a search-theoretic model, in which a police agency allocates scarce resources across neighborhoods—heterogeneous in “vigilance” and valuables—to minimize crime, while potential criminals decide whether, and if so, when and where to commit a crime. When criminals sequentially search for th...
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
2024
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/155585 |