When my friend's friend is a police officer: Extended contact, crossed-categorisation, and public-police relations of black and white people

South African Journal of Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 783-802

  Eller, Anja ^a   Abrams, Dominic ^b   Viki, G Tenday ^b   Imara, Dionne A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact hypothesis; Crossed categorisation; Extended contact; Public police relations; Race differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 38449087236     PISSN: 00812463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/008124630703700408     Document Type: Article

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