Structural elaboration and institutional isomorphism: The case of crime analysis units

Policing

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 643-664

  Giblin, Matthew J ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingency planning; Crimes; Organizations; Police

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750987338     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510610711583     Document Type: Article

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