Reducing fear of crime: Citizen, police, or government responsibility?

Police Quarterly

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-62

  Renauer, Brian C ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community policing; Fear of crime; Informal social control; Police and government legitimacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 46349107070     PISSN: 10986111     EISSN: 1552745X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098611106286894     Document Type: Article

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