Did you call the police? What did they do? an empirical assessment of black’s theory of mobilization of law

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 765-792

  Avakame, Edem F ^a   Fyfe, James J ^a   McCoy, Candace ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 24344471459     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418829900094361     Document Type: Article

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