The role of the COPS Office in community policing

Policing

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 64-87

  Worrall, John L ^a   Zhao, Jihong ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community relations; Funding; Police; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347532818     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510310460305     Document Type: Article

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