The knife crime 'epidemic' and British politics

British Politics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 127-157

  Squires, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Knives; Law and order; Policing; Violence; Weapons; Youth crime

Indexed keywords

EID: 68549130666     PISSN: 1746918X     EISSN: 17469198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/bp.2008.40     Document Type: Article

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