Philosophy into practice? Community policing units and domestic violence victim participation

Policing

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 280-302

  Robinson, Amanda L ^a   Chandek, Meghan Stroshine ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community policing; Detectives; Domestic violence; Victim participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013267228     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510010342985     Document Type: Article

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