Community policing in comparison

Police Quarterly

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 427-446

  Wisler, Dominique ^a   Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D ^b  

^a Texas Southern University ^*  (Switzerland)

^b TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community policing; Democratization; Informal policing; Policing in Africa; Vigilantism

Indexed keywords

EID: 55149087310     PISSN: 10986111     EISSN: 1552745X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098611108317820     Document Type: Review

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