Was there a Ferguson Effect on crime rates in large U.S. cities?

Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 46, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-8

  Pyrooz, David C ^a   Decker, Scott H ^b   Wolfe, Scott E ^c   Shjarback, John A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime trends; Ferguson; Policing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956693635     PISSN: 00472352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2016.01.001     Document Type: Article

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