The police turnover problem: Fact or fiction?

Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 6-18

  Lynch, Jessica E ^a   Tuckey, Michelle ^b  

^a Australasian Centre for Policing Research   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australasia; Australia; Employee turnover; New Zealand; Police; Resignation

Indexed keywords

EID: 40549100403     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510810852549     Document Type: Article

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