The limits of regional data sharing and regional problem solving: Observations from the East Valley, CA COMPASS initiative

Police Quarterly

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-41

  Boba, Rachel ^a,d   Weisburd, David ^b   Meeker, James W ^c  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

COMPASS; Crime mapping; Evaluation; Pattern analysis; Problem solving; Regional data sharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 60249087198     PISSN: 10986111     EISSN: 1552745X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098611107309279     Document Type: Article

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