Violent police behavior: Past, present, and future research directions

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 552-568

  Lersch, Kim Michelle ^a   Mieczkowski, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Law enforcement; Police; Violence

Indexed keywords

AGE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; COMMUNITY; CONTROL STRATEGY; DEMOGRAPHY; GENDER; HISTORY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDY; VIOLENCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 20444411815     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2004.10.002     Document Type: Review

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