@techreport{Poutvaara2005Violent,
abstract = {Democratic societies are challenged by various violent and organized groups, be they
terrorists, gangs or organized hooligans. In exchange for offering an identity, leaders in such
groups typically require members to be violent. We introduce a simple model to capture these
stylized facts, and then study the effects of policing. We find that an increase in the marginal
cost of violence always reduces violence, while increasing the indiscriminate fixed cost may
backfire and result in smaller and more violent groups.},
author = {Panu Poutvaara and Mikael Priks},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {D74; D71; 330; violence; terrorism; gangs; hooliganism; supporter clubs; Gewalt; Soziale Gruppe; Kriminalpolitik; Kriminalit\"{a}ts\"{o}konomik; Theorie; Hooliganism},
language = {eng},
number = {1639},
title = {Violent groups and police tactics : should tear gas make crime preventers cry?},
type = {CESifo working papers},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/19103},
year = {2005}
}
