The malleable character of brokerage and crime control: a study of policing, security and network entrepreneurialism on Melbourne's waterfront

This article investigates the convergence of public and private security actors at the Port of Melbourne, and using social network analysis, maps the extent to which these actors actively mobilise network connections to control crime. The findings reveal a network structure characterised by a distin...

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Main Author: Brewer, Russell (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2017
In: Policing and society
Year: 2017, Volume: 27, Issue: 7, Pages: 712-731
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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