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Militarization fails to enhance police safety or reduce crime but may harm police reputation
Jonathan Mummolo
PNAS September 11, 2018 115 (37) 9181-9186; first published August 20, 2018; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1805161115
Jonathan Mummolo
aDepartment of Politics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544;
bWoodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544
Edited by John Hagan, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, and approved July 2, 2018 (received for review March 24, 2018)

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Author contributions: J.M. designed research, performed research, analyzed data, and wrote the paper.
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Militarization fails to enhance police safety or reduce crime but may harm police reputation
Jonathan Mummolo
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Sep 2018, 115 (37) 9181-9186; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1805161115
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