Nice guys finish last: A critical review of Killed in the Line of Duty

Policing

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 392-407

  King, William R ^a   Sanders, Beth A ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Law; Methodology; Police; Reports

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347768867     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639519710169207     Document Type: Article

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