Examining police use of force: A smaller agency perspective

Policing

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-76

  Terrill, William ^a   Leinfelt, Fredrik H ^b   Kwak, Dae Hoon ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Control; Crimes; Law; Policing; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 40549140452     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510810852576     Document Type: Article

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