Crime prevention in Australia: Beyond 'what works?'

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-81

  Cherney, Adrian ^a   Sutton, Adam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 34249694796     PISSN: 00048658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/acri.40.1.65     Document Type: Review

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