Cultural roots of police corruption in India

Policing

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 264-279

  Verma, Arvind ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corruption; India; Organizational behaviour; Police

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039627980     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639519910285044     Document Type: Article

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