Who should the police be? finding a new narrative for community policing in South Africa

Police Practice and Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 145-155

  Marks, Monique ^a,c   Shearing, Clifford ^b   Wood, Jennifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community policing; Nodal governance; Police; Private security; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 67849090444     PISSN: 15614263     EISSN: 1477271X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15614260802264560     Document Type: Article

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