“I'm not against it in theory …”: global and specific community policing attitudes

Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 669-686

  Schafer, Joseph A ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Community relations; Management; Police

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242682610     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510210450622     Document Type: Article

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