Racially biased policing: Determinants of citizen perceptions

Social Forces

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1009-1030

  Weitzer, Ronald ^a   Tuch, Steven A ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 20144372930     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2005.0050     Document Type: Article

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