Community policing is it changing the basic functions of policing? Findings from a longitudinal study of 200+ municipal police agencies

Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 365-377

  Zhao, Jihong ^a   Lovrich, Nicholas P ^b   Robinson, T Hank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 18044372437     PISSN: 00472352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2352(01)00102-7     Document Type: Article

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