Policing and public health: Law enforcement and harm minimization in a street-level drug market

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 488-512

  Maher, Lisa ^a   Dixon, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 0033423726     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/39.4.488     Document Type: Article

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