Officer gender and traffic ticket decisions: Police blue or women too?

Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 342-352

  Lundman, Richard J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 67650506102     PISSN: 00472352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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