They look good but don't work: A case study of global performance indicators in crime prevention

Evaluation and Program Planning

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 237-248

  van den Eynde, Julie ^a   Veno, Arthur ^b   Hart, Alison ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community and police relations; Community development; Crime prevention; Evaluating crime prevention; Partnerships with police; Performance indicators

Indexed keywords

CRIME;

EID: 0042066369     PISSN: 01497189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7189(03)00028-4     Document Type: Article

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