Public satisfaction with police: The importance of procedural justice and police performance in police-citizen encounters

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 159-178

  Murphy, Kristina ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 69949110674     PISSN: 00048658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/acri.42.2.159     Document Type: Article

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