Organizational, administrative, and environmental correlates of complaints about police use of force: Does minority representation matter?

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-27

  Hickman, Matthew J ^a   Piquero, Alex R ^b  

^a SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Complaints; Minority representation; Police; Use of force

Indexed keywords

EID: 57149136895     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128708316977     Document Type: Article

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