Why don't the police stop crime?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 4-24

  Dixon, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 18944406301     PISSN: 00048658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/acri.38.1.4     Document Type: Review

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