Science and Politics in Police Research: Reflections on Their Tangled Relationship

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 593, Issue , 2004, Pages 137-155

  Walker, Samuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Police; Police reform; Politics; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442460041     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716203262699     Document Type: Review

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