Community policing in China: Old wine in new bottles

Police Practice and Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 157-169

  Zhong, Lena Y ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Community policing; Household registration system; Neighborhood committees; Strike hard; Work units

Indexed keywords

EID: 67849097242     PISSN: 15614263     EISSN: 1477271X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15614260802264594     Document Type: Article

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