Night walking safety and overall satisfaction with police services

Policing

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 22-36

  Ganjavi, Ozhand ^a   LeBrasseur, Rolland ^a   Whissell, Robert ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Police; Safety; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041118681     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510010314599     Document Type: Article

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