Predictors of the police use of force: The application of a continuum perspective in phoenix

Police Quarterly

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 41-63

  Crawford, Charles ^a   Burns, Ronald ^b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 11844256141     PISSN: 10986111     EISSN: 1552745X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109861119800100403     Document Type: Article

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