Rural, small town, and metropolitan police in New Zealand: Differential outlooks on policing within a unified police organization

Policing

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 241-263

  Winfree Jr , L Thomas ^a   Taylor, Terrance J ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Community policing; New Zealand; Research; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242725298     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510410536841     Document Type: Review

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