Police work in the Caribbean the influence of gender and nation

Policing

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 56-87

  Flavin, Jeanne M ^a   Bennett, Richard R ^b  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Criminal justice; Gender; Police; West indies

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843076170     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510110382269     Document Type: Article

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