Critic: Community policing: A skeptical view

Police Innovation: Contrasting Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 44-74

  Mastrofski, Stephen ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84927952661     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511489334.003     Document Type: Chapter

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