An analysis of the "screening out" model of police officer selection

Police Quarterly

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 79-95

  Metchik, Eric ^a  

^a Salem State College

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EID: 67349096873     PISSN: 10986111     EISSN: 1552745X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109861119900200104     Document Type: Article

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