The criminal justice degree and policing: Conceptual development or occupational primer?

Policing

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 608-619

  Carlan, Philip E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Education; Police; Skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 36248949712     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510710833893     Document Type: Article

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