Suing cops and corrections officers: Officer attitudes and experiences about civil liability

Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 529-547

  Hall, Daniel E ^a   Ventura, Lois A ^a   Lee, Yung H ^a   Lambert, Eric ^b  

^a Miami University Hamilton   (New Zealand)

^b Ferris State University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Liability; Police; Police misconduct

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347600316     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510310503505     Document Type: Article

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