Advocate: Evidence-based policing for crime prevention

Police Innovation: Contrasting Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 305-321

  Welsh, Brandon C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 77951731681     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511489334.016     Document Type: Chapter

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