Reducing burglary by crackdown and consolidation

Policing

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 174-188

  Millie, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burglary; Criminals; Police; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844443103     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510510581048     Document Type: Review

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