Perfect victims, perfect policing? Improving rape complainants' experiences of police investigations

Public Administration

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 699-719

  Jordan, Jan ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CRIME; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLICE FORCE; SERVICE PROVISION;

EID: 53149105943     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2008.00749.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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