Participation community crime prevention: Who volunteers for police work?

Policing

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 464-481

  Ren, Ling ^a   Zhao, Jihong ^b   Lovrich, Nicholas P ^c   Gaffney, Michael J ^c  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community policing; Crime; Gender; Police; Volunteers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748770376     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510610684700     Document Type: Article

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