Relation between police image and police visibility

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 433-447

  Salmi, Satu ^a   Voeten, Marinus J M ^b   Keskinen, Esko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Community attitudes; Community policing; Police personnel; Police visibility; Public image of police; Public opinion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034310191     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1298(200011/12)10:6<433::AID-CASP576>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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