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The Deterrence of arrest
Title: The Deterrence of arrest
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 1665 | Pages: 7.1 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Deterrence of arrest
The police are known to be intimidating, influential, and authoritative. The reaction of civilians to the police intervening with them, or their direct orders can vary with individuals. A study was done in 1981 in Minneapolis, to find out if the act of arresting or the threat to arrest all domestic violence offenders or possible offenders deters further crime. Four different cities were used in this experiment, Milwaukee, Omaha, Dade County in Florida, and Colorado Springs. …showed first 75 words of 1665 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1665 total…Beverly Hills, CA: Sage. 1992.
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