Issues concerning visibility and reassurance provided by the new 'policing family'

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 229-240

  Cooke, Claire Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community; Patrol; PCSOs; Perception; Public and private policing; Reassurance; Uniform; Visibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 22144476532     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.819     Document Type: Article

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