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Robbing banks: Crime does pay – but not very much
Article first published online: 12 JUN 2012
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2012.00570.x
© 2012 The Royal Statistical Society
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Reilly, B., Rickman, N. and Witt, R. (2012), Robbing banks: Crime does pay – but not very much. Significance, 9: 17–21. doi: 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2012.00570.x
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- Issue published online: 12 JUN 2012
- Article first published online: 12 JUN 2012
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Robbing a bank is the staple crime of thrillers, movies and newspapers. But, say Barry Reilly, Neil Rickman and Robert Witt, bank robbery is not all it is cracked up to be. With access to a unique data set, they give us the low-down on the economics of the bank heist.