Democratic control and bureaucratic responsiveness: The police and domestic violence

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 745-768

  Chaney, Carole Kennedy ^b   Saltzstein, Grace Hall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032116880     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2991728     Document Type: Article

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