The politics of police reform: Ten years after the Royal Commission into the New South Wales Police Service

Criminology and Criminal Justice

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 443-468

  Chan, Janet ^a   Dixon, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Criminal justice policy; Cultural change; Police accountability; Police reform; Royal Commission

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348870316     PISSN: 17488958     EISSN: 17488966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1748895807082068     Document Type: Article

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