Classifying neighbourhoods for reassurance policing

Policing and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 189-218

  Williamson, Tom ^a   Ashby, David I ^b   Webber, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collective Efficacy; Customizing Crime Reduction Services; Geodemographic Profiling; Neighbourhood; Social Capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 85070119561     PISSN: 10439463     EISSN: 14772728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10439460600662197     Document Type: Article

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