Contingency and politics: The local government community safety officer role

Criminal Justice

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 115-128

  Cherney, Adrian ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Capacity building; Community safety officers; Competencies; Crime prevention; Governmentality thesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844394663     PISSN: 14668025     EISSN: 17413230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1466802504044911     Document Type: Article

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