Police murders: An examination of historical trends in the killing of law enforcement officers in the United States, 1947 to 1998

Homicide Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 79-97

  Batton, Candice ^a   Wilson, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Historical trends; Law enforcement; Police murders; Time series

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646180572     PISSN: 10887679     EISSN: 15526720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088767905285449     Document Type: Article

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