Police stations, architecture and public reassurance

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1092-1112

  Millie, Andrew ^a  

^a EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

architecture; police stations; reassurance; semiotics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867524525     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: 14643529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azs037     Document Type: Article

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