Powers and accountability of private police

European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 325-352

  Stenning, Philip C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accountability; Police powers; Private policing; Public private police relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242641642     PISSN: 09281371     EISSN: 15729869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008729129953     Document Type: Article

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