Repairing the divide: An investigation of community policing and citizen attitudes toward the police by race and ethnicity

Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice

Volumn 3, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 71-90

  Thomas, Matthew O ^a   Burns, Peter F ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Community policing; Latino

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247653013     PISSN: 15377938     EISSN: 15377946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J222v03n01_04     Document Type: Article

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