Public perceptions and police policy: Applying perceptual research in the development of community-policing programs

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 87, Issue 3 PART 1, 1998, Pages 827-835

  Brown, Ben ^a   Reed Benedict, Wm ^b   Bower, Douglas J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

^b EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0347038746     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1998.87.3.827     Document Type: Article

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