Attitudes about the police and neighborhood safety in disadvantaged neighborhoods: The influence of criminal victimization and perceptions of a drug problem

Criminal Justice Review

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 142-155

  Payne, Brian K ^a   Gainey, Randy R ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Police perceptions; Public attitudes; Social disorganization

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548737183     PISSN: 07340168     EISSN: 15563839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734016807300500     Document Type: Article

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