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This dimension names the person or government credited with founding a criminal-justice institution. Wikipedia notes that law enforcement agencies are "organized and overseen by certain authorities," authorities that in every case trace back to the government or person who founded them. Browsing this way collects every institution founded by the same founder.

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Origin Era
1941 1
Founder
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1. American Society of Criminology (Wikipedia)
American Society of Criminology, History section
Quote, American Society of Criminology, History section
The society traces its history back to a meeting of seven men at the home of retired Berkeley Police Department chief and criminology professor August Vollmer on December 30, 1941.
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