Does the Police Academy Change Your Life? A Longitudinal Study of Changes in Socialising Behaviour of Police Recruits

International Journal of Police Science and Management

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-40

  Obst, Patricia L ^a   Davey, Jeremy D ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol use; police culture; police recruits

Indexed keywords

EID: 57249104211     PISSN: 14613557     EISSN: 14781603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1350/ijps.5.1.31.11243     Document Type: Article

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