Effects of closed-circuit television on crime

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 587, Issue , 2003, Pages 110-135

  Welsh, Brandon C ^a   Farrington, David P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Closed circuit television; Meta analysis; Situational crime prevention; Surveillance; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 26044479747     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716202250802     Document Type: Article

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