Myth and reality in rural policing: Perceptions of the police in a rural county of England

Policing

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 431-446

  Mawby, R I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes to the police; Community policing; England

Indexed keywords

EID: 8844227475     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510410553158     Document Type: Review

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