Differential perceptions of neighborhood problems by police and residents: The impact of neighborhood-level characteristics

Policing

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 435-455

  Sun, Ivan Y ^a   Triplett, Ruth A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Criminology; Drugs; Local authorities; Police; Residential areas; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 51349114129     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510810895795     Document Type: Article

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