The Evidence-Based Policing Matrix

Journal of Experimental Criminology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-26

  Lum, Cynthia ^a   Koper, Christopher S ^b   Telep, Cody W ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Police Executive Research Forum   (United States)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Evaluation; Evidence based policing; Experiments; Hot spots policing; Matrix

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951723025     PISSN: 15733750     EISSN: 15728315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11292-010-9108-2     Document Type: Article

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