Jordan v. The City of New London, police hiring and IQ: "When all the answers they don't amount to much"

Policing

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 298-312

  Hughes, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment law; Intelligence; Legal matters; Police; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347532827     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510310475778     Document Type: Article

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