Police academy training: Comparing across curricula

Policing

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-56

  Chappell, Allison T ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community policing; Curricula; Government agencies; Training; United States of America; Weapons

Indexed keywords

EID: 40549143092     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510810852567     Document Type: Article

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