The Crime reduction programme in England and Wales: Reflections on the vision and the reality

Criminal Justice

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 213-237

  Maguire, Mike ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crime reduction; Evaluation; Evidence based policy; What works

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147202000     PISSN: 14668025     EISSN: 17413230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1466802504048463     Document Type: Conference Paper

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