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Thomas Gabor is a Canadian criminologist who was a professor of criminology at the University of Ottawa for thirty years; since his retirement, he has worked as a consultant on crime and related issues. [1] He received his Ph.D. from Ohio State University in 1983. [2] As of January 2017, he lived in Palm Beach County, Florida. [3]

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