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quality-of-life enforcement  

Definition

  • Quality of life, quality-of-life offenses, and quality-of-life enforcement entered the criminal justice lexicon in a major way during the late 1970s. This was at a time when American policing was in a crisis. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement; Quality-of-Life Enforcement]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-FGWSMPGV-T

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