Visibility and the policing of public space

Geography Compass

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 610-622

  Cook, Ian R ^a   Whowell, Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIME; FUTURE PROSPECT; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PUBLIC SPACE; SURVEILLANCE AND ENFORCEMENT;

EID: 79960941205     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2011.00437.x     Document Type: Article

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