Small city community policing and citizen satisfaction

Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 574-594

  Lord, Vivian B ^a   Kuhns, Joseph B ^a   Friday, Paul C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community policing; Policing; Problem oriented policing; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 71849095001     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510911000713     Document Type: Article

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