Critic: Changing everything so that everything can remain the same: Compstat and american policing

Police Innovation: Contrasting Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 284-302

  Weisburd, David ^a,b   Mastrofski, Stephen D ^c   Willis, James J ^d   Greenspan, Rosann ^d  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

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EID: 84927966588     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511489334.015     Document Type: Chapter

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