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This dimension names the country or headquarters of a criminal-justice institution. Wikipedia notes that a law enforcement agency operates "within a specific jurisdiction," a jurisdiction that is always headquartered somewhere specific. Browsing this way collects every institution headquartered in the same place.

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Origin Era
1941 1
Headquarters or Country
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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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