TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Toward a theory of police effects
JO  - Criminology and public policy
A1  - Cullen, Francis T.
A1  - Pratt, Travis C.
SP  - 799
EP  - 811
VL  - 15
IS  - 3
N2  - With the possible exception of the role biology plays in criminal behavior, few debates in criminology seem to get under scholars' skin more then the question of whether- or perhaps to what extent- the police matter and it comes to controlling crime. The most recent incarnation of the police-crime debate is that between Megan, Solow, and Lum (2015) and Pickett and Roche (2016). This debate is complex and the field will undoubtedly benefit substantially as we all wrestlewith how this group of accomplished scholaars are themselves thinkint about this issue.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1538-6473
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1745-9133.12231
ID  - ref1
ER  -