"Drop the clipboard and help me!": The determinants of observer behavior in police encounters with suspects

Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 619-629

  Spano, Richard ^a   Reisig, Michael D ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33751089557     PISSN: 00472352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2006.09.015     Document Type: Article

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