Applying theory-driven evaluation to the British Crime reduction programme: The theories of the programme and of its evaluations

Criminal Justice

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 255-276

  Tilley, Nick ^a,b  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crime prevention; Crime reduction programme; Evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 25644454132     PISSN: 14668025     EISSN: 17413230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1466802504048465     Document Type: Conference Paper

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