Gender differences in policing: Signs of progress?

Employee Relations

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 425-436

  Burke, Ronald J ^a   Mikkelsen, Aslaug ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Demography; Norway; Police; Sex and gender issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 22544451255     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450510605732     Document Type: Article

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