The israeli model for policing terrorism: Goals, strategies, and open questions

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1259-1278

  Weisburd, David ^a   Jonathan, Tal ^a   Perry, Simon ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Homeland security; Israel; Police; Policing terrorism; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450191921     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854809345597     Document Type: Article

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