Assessing the regulation of private security across Europe

European Journal of Criminology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 109-128

  Button, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Policing; Private Security; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248545996     PISSN: 14773708     EISSN: 17412609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1477370807071733     Document Type: Article

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