Bending granite revisited: The command rank structure of American police organizations

Policing

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 208-230

  King, William R ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hierarchy; Organizational structure; Police; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346902061     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510310475732     Document Type: Review

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