Effects of community policing upon fear of crime: Understanding the causal linkage

Policing

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 670-683

  Roh, Sunghoon ^a   Oliver, Willard M ^b  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community behaviour; Community policing; Crimes

Indexed keywords

EID: 28844451083     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510510628758     Document Type: Article

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