Police capacity development in the Pacific: The challenge of local context

Policing and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-160

  McLeod, Abby ^a  

^a Australian Federal Police   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adviser selection; Capacity development; Cultural sensitivity; Law enforcement assistance; Papua New Guinea; Police

Indexed keywords

EID: 75349097027     PISSN: 10439463     EISSN: 14772728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10439460802187563     Document Type: Article

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