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Policing and Society
An International Journal of Research and Policy
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Independence and impact: a typology of researcher-user relationships for policing and crime prevention

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Pages 315-332 | Received 30 Mar 2022, Accepted 29 Jul 2022, Published online: 24 Aug 2022

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