Who are the complaint-prone officers? An examination of the relationship between police officers' attributes, arrest activity, assignment, and citizens' complaints about excessive force

Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 521-529

  Brandl, Steven G ^a   Stroshine, Meghan S ^b   Frank, James ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

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EID: 0035510793     PISSN: 00472352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2352(01)00114-3     Document Type: Article

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