Measuring Police Attitudes Toward Discretion

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 538-558

  Wortley, Richard K ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Authoritarianism; Ethnocentrism; Police decision making; Police discretion; Police personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141704182     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854803254805     Document Type: Article

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