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3 - Why We Need Police

from Part II - Do We Need Public Police?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2019

Tamara Rice Lave
Affiliation:
University of Miami School of Law
Eric J. Miller
Affiliation:
Loyola School of Law, Los Angeles
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This chapter discusses the essential role that the police have in deterring and reducing crimes, particularly the most violent and costly ones to society, such as murder.

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