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Arrest Rates during Natural Resource Development: Drilling, Drinking and Disorderly Conduct in the Marcellus Shale Region

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Pages 675-692 | Received 06 Jun 2018, Accepted 14 Jan 2019, Published online: 27 Mar 2019

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