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Original Articles

Repairing the Divide

An Investigation of Community Policing and Citizen Attitudes Toward the Police by Race and Ethnicity

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Pages 71-90 | Received 01 Mar 2003, Accepted 01 Mar 2004, Published online: 22 Sep 2008

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