Predicting Use of Non-Lethal Force in a Mid-Size Police Department: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Influence of Subject and Situational Variables

Police Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 285-300

  Leinfelt, Fredrik H ^a  

^a Moorhead Police Department   (United States)

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EID: 40549114529     PISSN: 0032258X     EISSN: 17405599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1350/pojo.2005.78.4.285     Document Type: Article

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