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The Effects of the Police On Crime: A Rejoinder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2024

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At the very least, Wilson and Boland and we agree on the complexity of the relationship between governmental actions and social effects. Thus we believe as they do that it is not an easy task to disentangle the effects of policing on crime. We do differ on analytic strategy. We believe that time-series analyses tell us more than cross-sectional analyses do about causal patterns.

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Copyright © 1982 The Law and Society Association.

References

JACOB, Herbert and Michael J., RICH (1981) “The Effects of the Police on Crime: A Second Look,” 15 Law and Society Review 109.Google Scholar
WILSON, James Q. and Barbara, BOLAND (1978) “The Effect of the Police on Crime,” 12 Law and Society Review 367.Google Scholar