Local politics and police strength

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 139-169

  Stucky, Thomas D ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b School of Public and Environmental Affairs   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Local politics; Police strength

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844607406     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418820500088739     Document Type: Article

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