Policing with a smile: Narratives of consumerism in new labour's criminal justice policy

Public Administration

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-116

  Needham, Catherine ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC SERVICE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 60149104068     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2008.01744.x     Document Type: Article

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