The myth(?) of the police sub-culture

Policing

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 88-117

  Cochran, John K ^a   Bromley, Max L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee attitudes; Organizational culture; Police; Self efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347532819     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510310460314     Document Type: Article

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