Chinese Immigrants’ Perceptions of the Police in New York City

International Criminal Justice Review

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 101-114

  Chu, Doris ^a   Song, John Huey Long ^b   Dombrink, John ^c  

^a ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

attitudes toward police; Chinese people; citizen satisfaction; perceptions of police

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249178490     PISSN: 10575677     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1057567705283894     Document Type: Article

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