Explaining suspect resistance in police-citizen encounters

Criminal Justice Review

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 30-44

  Belvedere, Kimberly ^a   Worrall, John L ^b   Tibbetts, Stephen G ^b  

^a SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrest; Police; Police citizen encounters; Resist; Resisting arrest

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744486623     PISSN: 07340168     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734016805275675     Document Type: Review

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