Police comfort and victims

Victims and Offenders

Volumn 3, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 192-216

  Foley, Tracy ^a   Terrill, William ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blaming; Comfort; Observational; Police; Victims

Indexed keywords

EID: 47149086951     PISSN: 15564886     EISSN: 15564991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564880801938334     Document Type: Article

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