Police corporate communications, crime reporting and the shaping of policing news

Policing and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 124-139

  Mawby, Rob C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crime reporting; Police and media; Police corporate communications; Police media relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949335980     PISSN: 10439463     EISSN: 14772728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10439461003611526     Document Type: Article

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