Managing the bottom line: Risk management in policing

Policing

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 30-48

  Archbold, Carol A ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Liability; Police misconduct; Policing; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844446128     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510510580968     Document Type: Article

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