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A Quasi-Experimental Evaluation of the Effects of Police Body-Worn Cameras (BWCs) on Response-to-Resistance in a Large Metropolitan Police Department

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Pages 1332-1339 | Received 19 Sep 2016, Accepted 30 Sep 2016, Published online: 08 Nov 2016

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