Strange bedfellows: Civil liability and aggressive policing

Policing

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 352-368

  Novak, Kenneth J ^a   Smith, Brad W ^b   Frank, James ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Liability; Litigation; Police

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346271712     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510310475813     Document Type: Article

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