Problem-Oriented Policing and Open-Air Drug Markets: Examining the Rockford Pulling Levers Deterrence Strategy

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1085-1107

  Corsaro, Nicholas ^a   Brunson, Rod K ^a   McGarrell, Edmund F ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

deterrence; law enforcement strategies; open air drug markets; problem oriented policing; pulling levers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883424488     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128709345955     Document Type: Article

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