The impact of agency context, policies, and practices on violence against police

Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 542-552

  Fridell, Lorie ^a   Faggiani, Don ^b   Taylor, Bruce ^c   Brito, Corina Sole ^a   Kubu, Bruce ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^c Macro International ^*

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EID: 70449713274     PISSN: 00472352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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