Reducing the knowledge-practice gap: A new method applied to crime prevention

Public Money and Management

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 245-250

  Leeuw, Frans L ^a,b   Van Der Knaap, Leontien M ^c   Bogaerts, Stefan ^c,d  

^a Dutch Ministry of Justice

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c WODC ^*

^d TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 34547897425     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: 14679302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00590.x     Document Type: Article

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