The Unraveling of Public Security in the United States: The Dark Side of Police-Community Co-Production

American Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 139-154

  Brewer, Russell ^a   Grabosky, Peter ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Co production; Neighborhood watch; Policing; Public private partnership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894609150     PISSN: 10662316     EISSN: 19361351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12103-012-9194-y     Document Type: Article

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