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Crime, victims and policemen

The authors discuss a victimization survey by PNAD 88, to analyse the relationship between police and society and the motivation that take people to call the police. In contrast to a "culturalist" explanation, we suggest that there is a racional motivation that carry people to call the police to solve conflicts.

criminality; violence; victimization; police; police; motivations; conflict resolutions


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