Can an old dog be taught new tricks? Teaching cultural diversity to police officers

Policing

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 339-356

  Gould, Larry A ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Police; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347138785     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639519710169171     Document Type: Article

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