The rhetoric and reality of community policing in small and medium-sized cities and towns

Policing

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 397-415

  Cardarelli, Albert P ^a   McDevitt, Jack ^b   Baum, Katrina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Community relations; Police; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040701691     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639519810228723     Document Type: Article

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