Assessing the Practice of Hot Spots Policing: Survey Results From a National Convenience Sample of Local Police Agencies

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 123-146

  Koper, Christopher S ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

hot spots policing; police survey; violence prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899879992     PISSN: 10439862     EISSN: 15525406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043986214525079     Document Type: Article

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