Reforming the police: Racial differences in public support for change

Criminology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 391-416

  Weitzer, Ronald ^a   Tuch, Steven A ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Police reform; Police minority relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142783454     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2004.tb00524.x     Document Type: Review

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