Police-community partnerships and responses to crime: Lessons from yeoville and observatory, Johannesburg

Urban Forum

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 301-326

  Bénit Gbaffou, Claire ^a  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

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EID: 79957899239     PISSN: 10153802     EISSN: 18746330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02681235     Document Type: Article

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