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Publication Date: 1979-Dec
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Inequality and Police Strength: Conflict Theory and Coercive Control in Metropolitan Areas.
Jacobs, David
American Sociological Review, v44 n6 p913-25 Dec 1979
One implication of conflict theory is that law enforcement personnel should be most numerous in metropolitan areas where differences in economic resources are greatest. Data from 1960 did not always support this hypothesis, but 1970 data showed that unequal SMSAs were likely to have more law enforcement personnel. (Author/GC)
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Language: English
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