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Title: Calling the police as an interdependent security game
Calling to report crime represents public cooperation with the police. When rational individuals are predicted to report (and when not) is still poorly understood. We study an interdependent security game under threat of a costly event that can only occur once or is perceived as so costly that the threat of the event occurring more than once is (in foresight) perceived as no more costly than the event occurring only once. Our analysis suggests how the interactions among the benefits, costs and neighborhood effects of police response might affect reporting. When there is spatial contagion of crime, rational individuals may choose to report when more of their neighbors report. When there is spatial contagion of deterrence, the relationship is reversed.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2125319
PAR ID:
10649578
Author(s) / Creator(s):
; ;
Publisher / Repository:
Taylor & Francis
Date Published:
Journal Name:
The Journal of Mathematical Sociology
Volume:
49
Issue:
2
ISSN:
0022-250X
Page Range / eLocation ID:
109 to 129
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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