Determinants of Police Strength in Large U.S. Cities During the 1990s: A Fixed-Effects Panel Analysis

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 397-424

  McCarty, William P ^a   Ren, Ling ^b   Zhao, Jihong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

conflict theory; crime drop; police; police growth; police strength

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860542177     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128709336942     Document Type: Article

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