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The Effects of the Police On Crime: A Response to Jacob and Rich

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2024

James Q. Wilson  and
Barbara Boland
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Law & Society Review , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , 1982 , pp. 163 - 169
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Copyright © 1982 The Law and Society Association.

Footnotes

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The authors wish to acknowledge the helpful advice of Prof. Franklin Fisher.

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