Female police officers' job-related attitudes: A comparative study of taiwan and the United States

Women and Criminal Justice

Volumn 18, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 107-130

  Chu, Doris ^a   Sun, Ivan Y ^b  

^a ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

American female officers; Comparative study; Female officers; Police attitudes; Taiwanese female officers; Women police

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148942402     PISSN: 08974454     EISSN: 15410323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J012v18n01_04     Document Type: Article

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