Structural and organizational predictors of homicide by police

Policing

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 539-557

  Smith, Brad W ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic minorities; Murder; Police; Shooting

Indexed keywords

EID: 12144259791     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510410566262     Document Type: Article

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