The impact of COMPSTAT on reported crime in Queensland

Policing

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 237-256

  Mazerolle, Lorraine ^a   Rombouts, Sacha ^a   McBroom, James ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Crimes; Performance management; Performance management systems; Police; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249684781     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510710753243     Document Type: Article

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