Gender, race, and strategies of coping with occupational stress in policing

Justice System Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 303-336

  Haarr, Robin N ^a   Morash, Merry ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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