The effect of police contact: does official intervention result in deviance amplification?

Current police policies are based on assumptions that proactive policing strategies will not only deter crime but will also improve police–community relations. Deterrence theorists argue that general and specific deterrence can be achieved through such policing strategies. Labeling proponents, howev...

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Authors: Wiley, Stephanie Ann (Author) ; Esbensen, Finn-Aage 1951- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2016
In: Crime & delinquency
Year: 2016, Volume: 62, Issue: 3, Pages: 283 –307
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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