Watched over or over-watched? Open street CCTV in Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 211-230

  Wilson, Dean ^a   Sutton, Adam ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 3142766796     PISSN: 00048658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/acri.37.2.211     Document Type: Review

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