Police personality: What is it and why are they like that?

Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 56-67

  Twersky Glasner, Aviva ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 33845239414     PISSN: 08820783     EISSN: 19366469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02806707     Document Type: Article

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