Effectiveness of Public Area Surveillance for Crime Prevention: Security Guards, Place Managers and Defensible Space

ISBN-10
9186027492
ISBN-13
9789186027490
Category
Crime prevention
Pages
45
Language
English
Published
2010-01-01
Publisher
Brottsf'orebyggande Radet Information Och F'Orlag
Authors
David P. Farrington, Brandon Welsh, Sean J. O'Dell

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