Stay cool, hang loose, admit nothing1: Race, intergroup contact, and public-police relations

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 213-224

  Eller, Anja ^a   Abrams, Dominic ^b   Viki, G Tendayi ^b   Imara, Dionne A ^b   Peerbux, Shafick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34548608771     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01973530701503036     Document Type: Article

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