Sexual harassment and police discipline: Who's policing the police?

Policing

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 512-538

  Collins, Sue Carter ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discipline; Police misconduct; Sexual harassment

Indexed keywords

EID: 12144269124     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510410566253     Document Type: Article

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