Date:
1978
Study Location:
United States
Manuscript Type:
Journal
Full Citation:
Landes, W. (1978). “An Economic Study of U.S. Aircraft Hijacking, 1961-1976.” Journal of Law and Economics 21(1):1-31
Results:
Passenger screening, increases in the probability of apprehension, the conditional probability of incarceration, and the sentence are associated with significant reductions in aircraft hijackings in the 196l-to-1976 time period. However, the cost involved in screening passengers was very costly with roughly 3.2 to 9.2 million spent to prevent one hijacking.
Study Number:
103.00