Predicting turnover of police officers using the sixteen personality factor questionnaire

Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 326-331

  Drew, Jacqueline ^a   Carless, Sally A ^b   Thompson, Briony M ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 48549100645     PISSN: 00472352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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