Police academy training: Are we teaching recruits what they need to know?

Policing

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 54-79

  Marion, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Costs of quality; Police; Recruitment; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040917977     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639519810206600     Document Type: Article

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