Immigrants and law enforcement: A comparison of native-born and foreign-born americans' opinions of the police

International Review of Victimology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-94

  Davis, Robert C ^a   Hendricks, Nicole J ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Vera Institute of Justice   (United States)

Author keywords

crime reporting; immigrant attitudes towards police; immigrant victims; immigrant police relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249157270     PISSN: 02697580     EISSN: 20479433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026975800701400105     Document Type: Article

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