Advocate: Hot spots policing as a model for police innovation

Police Innovation: Contrasting Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 225-244

  Weisburd, David ^a,b   Braga, Anthony A ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84927963904     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511489334.012     Document Type: Chapter

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