Reporting violent acts to the police: A difference by race

Policing

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 274-293

  Sigler, Robert T ^a   Johnson, Ida M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Discrimination; Police; Race; USA; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242732264     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510210429374     Document Type: Article

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