Community accountability, minority threat, and police brutality: An examination of civil rights criminal complaints

Criminology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1035-1064

  Smith, Brad W ^a   Holmes, Malcolm D ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Minority threat; Police brutality; Police organization; Police community relations; Racial discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642587223     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2003.tb01013.x     Document Type: Article

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