Multilevel influences on police stress

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 26-43

  Morash, Merry ^a   Haarr, Robin ^b,c   Kwak, Dae Hoon ^a,d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

^c Michigan State University ^*

^d Forensic Science Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Community conditions; Ethnicity; Gender; Police; Race; Stress; Token status

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646535613     PISSN: 10439862     EISSN: 15525406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043986205285055     Document Type: Article

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