From Public Safety to Public Health: Re-envisioning the Goals and Methods of Policing

Overview

Journal J Community Saf Well Being

Date 2021 Oct 18

PMID 34660886

Citations 11

Authors

Jeremiah Goulka

Brandon Del Pozo

Leo Beletsky

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