Controlling Street-Level Police Discretion

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 593, Issue , 2004, Pages 100-118

  Mastrofski, Stephen D ^a,b,c  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discretion; Performance evaluation; Police

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442428495     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716203262584     Document Type: Review

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