Policing with the Ottawa shift system: A British experience

Policing

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 384-396

  Richbell, Suzanne ^a   Simpson, Mike ^a   Sykes, Geoff M H ^a   Meegan, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flexible working; Patterns of work; Police; Shiftwork

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346339977     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639519810228714     Document Type: Article

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