Time, constancy, and change in American municipal police organizations

Police Quarterly

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 338-364

  King, William R ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0039328480     PISSN: 10986111     EISSN: 1552745X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109861119900200305     Document Type: Article

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