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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gao, Carol, Vásquez, Jorge
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Operations Research Center
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2024
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/155585