Building the capacity of police change agents: The nexus policing project

Policing and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 72-87

  Wood, Jennifer ^a   Fleming, Jenny ^a,b   Marks, Monique ^a,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Culture change; Participatory action research; Police reform; Youth safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 85055362037     PISSN: 10439463     EISSN: 14772728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10439460701718583     Document Type: Article

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