The Functions of the Police in Modern Society: A Review of Background Factors, Current Practices, and Possible Role Models

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  1979

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  1979-12-01

• Fields of study

  Law, Sociology, Political Science

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  DOI 10.2307/2063988
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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