Personal background and reasons for choosing a career in policing: An empirical study of police students in Taiwan

Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 45-56

  Tarng, Ming Yueh ^a   Hsieh, Charng Hon ^a   Deng, Tzu Jeng ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CENTRAL POLICE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 0042920716     PISSN: 00472352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2352(00)00075-1     Document Type: Article

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