Beyond technicism: Broadening the 'what works' paradigm in crime prevention

Crime Prevention and Community Safety

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 49-59

  Cherney, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

'what works'; Crime prevention; politics; replication; symbolism

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249695220     PISSN: 14603780     EISSN: 17434629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.cpcs.8140130     Document Type: Article

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