Policing neighbourhoods: Exploring the geographies of crime, policing and performance assessment

Policing and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 413-447

  Ashby, David I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geodemographics; Geographical information systems (GIS); Geography; Local; Neighbourhood; Performance assessment; Service delivery

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044979807     PISSN: 10439463     EISSN: 14772728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10439460500310079     Document Type: Article

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