Violence against police officers: Are female officers at greater risk?

Police Quarterly

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 411-428

  Rabe Hemp, Cara E ^a   Schuck, Amie M ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Assaults; Domestic violence; Gender; Police victimization; Policing

Indexed keywords

EID: 46349092269     PISSN: 10986111     EISSN: 1552745X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098611107304326     Document Type: Article

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