Containment, quality of life and crime reduction: Policy transfers in the policing of a heroin market

Criminal Justice and Political Cultures: National and International Dimensions of Crime Control

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 234-266

  Dixon, David ^a   Maher, Lisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 18944386574     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781843924395     Document Type: Chapter

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