The Effect of Police Contact: Does Official Intervention Result in Deviance Amplification?

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 283-307

  Wiley, Stephanie A ^a   Esbensen, Finn Aage ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

arrest; deterrence; labeling; police contact

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958154014     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128713492496     Document Type: Article

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