Self-evaluations of police performance: An analysis of the relationship between police officers' education level and job performance

Policing

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 632-647

  Kakar, Suman ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Performance measurement; Police; Self assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040917973     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639519810241665     Document Type: Article

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