CCTV policy in the UK: Reconsidering the evidence base

Surveillance and Society

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 10-22

  Webster, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.24908/ss.v6i1.3400     Document Type: Article

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