The Role of Private Action in Controlling Crime

Philip J. Cook & John MacDonald
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Copyright 2011
ISBN 978-0-226-11512-2
Controlling Crime: Strategies and Tradeoffs
Book: Controlling Crime: Strategies and Tradeoffs
Book editors: Philip Cook, Jens Ludwig & Justin McCrary
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press
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