Measurement and association in the structure of municipal police organizations

Policing

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 276-297

  Wilson, Jeremy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Measurement; Organizational structure; Police; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346902056     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510310475769     Document Type: Article

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