Models of satisfaction with police service

Policing

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 297-318

  Dukes, Richard L ^a   Portillos, Edwardo ^a   Miles, Molly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Colorado Springs Police Department ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes to the police; Customer satisfaction; Police; Public opinion; Service levels; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549122289     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510910958190     Document Type: Article

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