Citizen evaluations of local police: Personal experience or symbolic attitudes?

Administration and Society

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 649-668

  Orr, Marion ^a   West, Darrell M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Citizens; Police; Symbolic

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751318181     PISSN: 00953997     EISSN: 15523039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095399706293989     Document Type: Article

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