Problematic police performance and the personality assessment inventory

Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 16-21

  Weiss, William U ^a   Zehner, Sarah N ^a   Davis, Robert D ^b   Rostow, Cary ^b   DeCoster Martin, Emily ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE   (United States)

^b Matrix Inc   (United States)

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EID: 46349084122     PISSN: 08820783     EISSN: 19366469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02806703     Document Type: Article

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