Book Review: Criminal (In)Justice: What the Push for Decarceration and Depolicing Gets Wrong and Who It Hurts Most

07/12/2023 Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics Tate Fegley

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Tate Fegley, "Book Review: <i>Criminal (In)Justice: What the Push for Decarceration and Depolicing Gets Wrong and Who It Hurts Most</i>," Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics 26 (2023).

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Book Review: Criminal (In)Justice: What the Push for Decarceration and Depolicing Gets Wrong and Who It Hurts Most

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