Ben Vollaard

Tilburg University

http://www.tilburguniversity.nl/webwijs/show/?uid=b.a.vollaard

Ben Vollaard (Ph.D. RAND Graduate School) conducts research in the area of economics of crime. He is affiliated to the Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC), member of the Home Office/ERA Academic advisory panel, writes regularly for the Dutch national newspaper NRC Handelsblad, and is one of the managing editors of Mejudice.nl, the Dutch discussion forum for economists.

Articles by Ben Vollaard:

How to cut prison numbers
24 August 2012, 4289 reads
Reducing the invitation to crime
7 July 2011, 7521 reads
Car thieves: Not too bright, please!
5 July 2010, 35221 reads

Ben Vollaard

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