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Policing and Society
An International Journal of Research and Policy
Volume 2, 1992 - Issue 3
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Original Articles

The police and social threat: Urban transition, youth gangs, and social control

Pages 193-204 | Received 19 Feb 1991, Published online: 07 May 2010

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