The effect of neighborhood characteristics on traffic citation practices of the police

Police Quarterly

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 371-393

  Ingram, Jason R ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Citations; Neighborhood context; Police; Traffic enforcement

Indexed keywords

EID: 46349105602     PISSN: 10986111     EISSN: 1552745X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098611107306995     Document Type: Article

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