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POWER OR POWERLESSNESS - SOCIAL CONTROL IN A SUBURBAN ENVIRONMENT (FROM SCANDIANAVIAN STUDIES IN CRIMINOLOGY, V 5, 1974 BY NILS CHRISTIE - SEE NCJ-26769)

NCJ Number
26774
Author(s)
A M STOKKEN
Date Published
1974
Length
15 pages
Annotation
DESCRIPTION OF NEW POLICE UNITS ESTABLISHED IN SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES OF OSLO, NORWAY TO WORK AMONG JUVENILES.
Abstract
THE POLICEMEN IN THESE UNITS ARE EXPECTED TO HANDLE PROBLEMS THE ENCOUNTER IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY DO NOT RESULT IN POLICE CASES.

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