Police (mis)behavior: A cross-cultural study of corruption seriousness

Policing

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 546-566

  Ivković, Sanja Kutnjak ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corruption; Croatia; Finland; Police; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 24344455980     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510510614609     Document Type: Article

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