Spanning the continents: Assessing the Turkish public confidence in the police

Policing

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 451-463

  Cao, Liqun ^a   Burton Jr , Velmer S ^b  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

European Union; Islam; Police; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748779330     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510610684692     Document Type: Article

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