Explaining patrol officer drug arrest activity through expectancy theory

Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 6-20

  Johnson, Richard R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug controls; Expectancy theory; Police; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349415611     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510910937085     Document Type: Article

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