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Police Patrol versus Self-Policing

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  • John Brehm
  • Emerson M. S. Niou

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The policing systems used in the former Soviet Union and Communist China are prototypes of control systems found in many political systems. The system in the former Soviet Union is a variant on the `police patrol', while the system in Communist China is a self-policing system calling upon citizens to report not only their own behavior, but the behavior of others. Our paper applies both game-theoretic and learning models to explore the relative effectiveness of the two systems.

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  • John Brehm & Emerson M. S. Niou, 1997. "Police Patrol versus Self-Policing," Journal of Theoretical Politics, , vol. 9(1), pages 107-130, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:jothpo:v:9:y:1997:i:1:p:107-130
    DOI: 10.1177/0951692897009001010
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