Measuring homeland security innovation in small municipal agencies: Policing in a post-9/11 world

Police Quarterly

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 263-288

  Schafer, Joseph A ^a   Burruss Jr , George W ^a   Giblin, Matthew J ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical incidents; Homeland security; Organizational capacity; Police innovation; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349146907     PISSN: 10986111     EISSN: 1552745X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098611109339891     Document Type: Article

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