Risk and expertise in the speed limit enforcement debate: Challenges, adaptations and responses

Criminology and Criminal Justice

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 225-241

  Wells, Helen ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

expertise; risk; speed cameras; speeding

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959593452     PISSN: 17488958     EISSN: 17488966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1748895811401976     Document Type: Article

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