Police protective custody: A systemic predictive model for police decision making and the reduction of referrals

Policing

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 473-492

  Withrow, Brian L ^a   Bolin, Brien ^a  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Law enforcement; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 24344447616     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510510614564     Document Type: Article

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