Whistle-blowing and the code of silence in police agencies: Policy and structural predictors

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 605-632

  Rothwell, Gary R ^a   Baldwin, J Norman ^b  

^a Georgia Bureau of Investigation

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Code of silence; Police; Procedural justice theory; Structural functionalism; Whistle blowing

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548533735     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128706295048     Document Type: Article

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