Manipulating permeability as a process for controlling crime: Balancing security and sustainability in local contexts

Built Environment

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 346-365

  Cozens, Paul ^a   Love, Terence ^a  

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CRIME; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LITERATURE REVIEW; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; SECURITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 70350370821     PISSN: 02637960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2148/benv.35.3.346     Document Type: Review

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