Race, expectations and evaluations of police performance: An empirical assessment

Policing

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 675-695

  Chandek, Meghan Stroshine ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Performance measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039035828     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639519910299599     Document Type: Review

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