The small-town police department

Policing

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 371-384

  Falcone, David N ^a   Wells, L Edward ^a   Weisheit, Ralph A ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Organizational structure; Police; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242659150     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510210429419     Document Type: Review

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