Terrorist threats and police performance

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 725-747

  Weisburd, David ^a   Hasisi, Badi ^b   Jonathan, Tal ^b   Aviv, Gali ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clearance rates; Counter terrorism; Police performance; Policing terrorism; Terrorist threats

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953908781     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: 14643529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azp064     Document Type: Article

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