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Policing and Society
An International Journal of Research and Policy
Volume 2, 1992 - Issue 3
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The police and social threat: Urban transition, youth gangs, and social control

Pamela Irving Jackson Department of Sociology, Rhode Island College, Providence, Rhode Island, 02908
Pages 193-204 | Received 19 Feb 1991, Published online: 07 May 2010

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Meghan E Hollis & Jeremy M. Wilson. (2015) Police staffing levels: disaggregating the variation. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management 38:4, pages 820-839.
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Andrew R.M. Fisher, Guðmundur Oddsson & Takeshi Wada. (2013) Policing class and race in urban America. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy 33:5/6, pages 309-327.
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Isabel-María García-Sánchez. (2008) Measuring the efficiency of local police force. European Journal of Law and Economics 27:1, pages 59-77.
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Isabel-María García-Sánchez. (2007) Evaluating the effectiveness of the Spanish police force through data envelopment analysis. European Journal of Law and Economics 23:1, pages 43-57.
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Jenna L. Cyr. (2016) The Folk Devil Reacts: Gangs and Moral Panic. Criminal Justice Review 28:1, pages 26-46.
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Charles M. Katz, Edward R. Maguire & Dennis W. Roncek. (2002) The creation of specialized police gang units. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management 25:3, pages 472-506.
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Leigh Drake & Richard Simper. (2000) Productivity estimation and the size-efficiency relationship in English and Welsh police forces. International Review of Law and Economics 20:1, pages 53-73.
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Nicholas R. Fyfe. (2016) Policing the City. Urban Studies 32:4-5, pages 759-778.
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