Specification problems, police levels, and crime rates

Criminology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 609-646

  Marvell, Thomas B ^a   Moody, Carlisle E ^a  

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EID: 0038877947     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.1996.tb01221.x     Document Type: Article

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