Effective officer and good neighbour: Problems and perceptions among police in rural Australia

Policing

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 256-273

  Jobes, Patrick C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Community relations; Crime; Police; Rural areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242706942     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510210429365     Document Type: Review

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