Community-oriented policing to reduce crime, disorder and fear and increase satisfaction and legitimacy among citizens: a systematic review

Journal of Experimental Criminology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 399-428

  Gill, Charlotte ^a   Weisburd, David ^a,b   Telep, Cody W ^c   Vitter, Zoe ^a   Bennett, Trevor ^d  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community policing; Crime prevention; Evaluation research; Legitimacy; Meta analysis; Problem solving; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84916937379     PISSN: 15733750     EISSN: 15728315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11292-014-9210-y     Document Type: Article

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