Weeding criminals or planting fear: An evaluation of a Weed and Seed project

Criminal Justice Review

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 64-89

  Bridenball, Blaine ^a   Jesilow, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrest sweep; Community policing; Crime; Fear of crime; Gangs; Neighborhoods; Operation Orion; Problem oriented policing; Qualitative interviews; Santa Ana Police Department; Social control; Victimization; Weed and seed

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744459918     PISSN: 07340168     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734016805275682     Document Type: Review

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