Partnership problems: Analysis and re-design

Crime Prevention and Community Safety

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 34-51

  Ellis, Elaine ^a   Fortune, Joyce ^a   Peters, Geoff ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships; Formal System Model; organizational re design; partnerships; Systems Failures Method

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878645430     PISSN: 14603780     EISSN: 17434629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.cpcs.8150034     Document Type: Article

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