Police organizational factors, the racial composition of the police, and the probability of arrest

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 30-57

  Eitle, David ^a   Stolzenberg, Lisa ^a   D'Alessio, Stewart J ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS)

Author keywords

Police organizational factors; Probability of arrest; Racial composition

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844526676     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0741882042000333636     Document Type: Article

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