Public Safety Canada Effectiveness of Street Gang Control Strategies A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Evaluation Studies 2012
@inproceedings{Wong2012PublicSC,
title={Public Safety Canada Effectiveness of Street Gang Control Strategies A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Evaluation Studies 2012},
author={Jennifer S. Wong and Jason Gravel and Martin Bouchard and Carlo Morselli},
year={2012}
}............................................................................................................................................ 4 Executive Summary .......................................................................................................................... 5 1.0 Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 7 2.0 Methodology…
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