Emerging liability issues in the implementation and adoption of community oriented policing

Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 121-136

  Worrall, John L ^a   Marenin, Otwin ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community relations; Legal matters; Liability; Negligence; Police; Responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986131241     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639519810206637     Document Type: Article

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