How citizens assess just punishment for police misconduct

Criminology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 925-960

  Seron, Carroll ^a   Pereira, Joseph ^b   Kovath, Jean ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Factorial survey; Legal norms; Legitimacy; Police misconduct; Race; Social

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845655653     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2006.00068.x     Document Type: Review

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