Think nationally, act locally: The municipal-level effects of the national crime prevention program in Finland

European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 175-191

  Savolainen, Jukka ^a,b,c  

^a National Research Institute for Legal Policy   (Finland)

^b Finnish Ministry of Justice   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Community crime; Crime prevention; Criminal policy; Finland; Program evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144449085     PISSN: 09281371     EISSN: 15729869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10609-005-0239-5     Document Type: Article

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