Police handling of domestic calls: The importance of offender's presence in the arrest decision

Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 481-490

  Feder, Lynette ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030522440     PISSN: 00472352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2352(96)00034-7     Document Type: Article

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