The role of police visibility in fear of crime in Finland

Policing

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 573-591

  Salmi, Satu ^a   Grönroos, Martti ^a   Keskinen, Esko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Community policing; Fear; Finland; Perception; Police

Indexed keywords

EID: 12144267349     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510410566280     Document Type: Article

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