Looking the other way: The impact of reclassifying cannabis on police warnings, arrests and informal action in England and Wales

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-128

  Warburton, Hamish ^a,b   May, Tiggey ^a   Hough, Mike ^a  

^a School of Law   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 24144459834     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azh081     Document Type: Review

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