Handling emergency calls for service: Organizational production of crime statistics

Policing

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 576-599

  Nesbary, Dale K ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Emergency services; Police; Service levels

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040969460     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639519810241638     Document Type: Article

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