The culture of high crime societies: Some preconditions of recent 'law and order' policies

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 347-375

  Garland, David ^a  

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DOI: 10.1093/bjc/40.3.347     Document Type: Article

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