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    David B. Wilson

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Wilson, D.B., MacKenzie, D.L. (2006). Boot Camps. In: Welsh, B.C., Farrington, D.P. (eds) Preventing Crime. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4244-2_5

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