Departmental and citizen complaints as predictors of police coercion

Policing

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 513-529

  McCluskey, John D ^a   Terrill, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complaints; Police

Indexed keywords

EID: 24344488982     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510510614582     Document Type: Article

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