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Implications of the State of Emergency & Stop and Frisk Policy for Immigrant communities in Philadelphia.

Submitted by Nemesis on Sun, 05/13/2007 - 12:10pm.

One of the major flaws in Michael Nutter’s proposal of “State of Emergency” and “Stop & Frisk” policy as a crime reduction measure is the failure to grasp the central tenet of Lawrence Sherman’s research. (The following is from http://www.ncjrs.gov/works/chapter8.htm):

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