Race, place, and drug enforcement: reconsidering the impact of citizen complaints and crime rates on drug arrests engel, smith, and cullen race, place, and drug enforcement

Criminology and Public Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 603-635

  Engel, Robin S ^a   Smith, Michael R ^b   Cullen, Francis T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84883532772     PISSN: 15386473     EISSN: 17459133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9133.2012.00841.x     Document Type: Article

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