A letter from Australia: Addressing deficits in venue security officer training in Cairns

Crime Prevention and Community Safety

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 218-227

  Hayes Jonkers, Charmaine S ^a   Pointing, Shane ^a   Clough, Alan R ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

alcohol related violence; licensed premises; security industry; Security offi cers; skills based training

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959498235     PISSN: 14603780     EISSN: 17434629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/cpcs.2011.3     Document Type: Article

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