Concern about crime and confidence in the police: Reassurance or accountability?

Police Quarterly

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 301-318

  Skogan, Wesley G ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact; Fear; Public opinion; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349137023     PISSN: 10986111     EISSN: 1552745X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098611109339893     Document Type: Article

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