Race, class or neighborhood context: Which matters more in measuring satisfaction with police?

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 125-156

  Wu, Yuning ^a   Sun, Ivan Y ^a,b   Triplett, Ruth A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Class; Neighborhood context; Race; Satisfaction with police

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449245755     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418820802119950     Document Type: Article

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