The role of police dogs as companions and working partners

Psychological Reports

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 190-202

  Hart, Lynette A ^a   Zasloff, R Lee ^b   Bryson, Sandy ^b   Christensen, Sara L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DOG; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; POLICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; POLICE;

EID: 0034137839     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2000.86.1.190     Document Type: Article

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