Policing melanesia - international expectations and local realities

Policing and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 333-353

  Dinnen, Sinclair ^a   McLeod, Abby ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Forensic and Data Centres   (Australia)

Author keywords

International interventions; Melanesia; Multiple providers of policing services; Police building

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956346216     PISSN: 10439463     EISSN: 14772728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10439460903281539     Document Type: Article

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