Gender differences in the predictors of police stress

Policing

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 541-563

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

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditions of employment; Gender; Police; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748771495     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510610684755     Document Type: Article

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