Race, gender, and motivation for becoming a police officer: Implications for building a representative police department

Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 501-513

  Raganella, Anthony J ^a   White, Michael D ^b  

^a NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

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EID: 22944478956     PISSN: 00472352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2004.08.009     Document Type: Article

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