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Research Article

Stealing tires or copper wires? How the national incident-based reporting system changed how the Arlington, Texas, Police Department addresses larceny-thefts

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Pages 417-429 | Received 15 Aug 2021, Accepted 25 Mar 2022, Published online: 03 Apr 2022

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