Security on buses and trains: Guarding the nation's public transit systems against terrorist attacks

Journal of Security Education

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 119-132

  Hess, Daniel B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Public transit; Security; Terrorism; Urban transportation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750527979     PISSN: 15507890     EISSN: 15507904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J460v01n04_11     Document Type: Review

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