Content and adequacy of specialized police training to handle youth-related incidents: Perceptions of trainers, supervisors, and frontline officers

International Criminal Justice Review

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 456-477

  Schulenberg, Jennifer L ^a   Warren, Deirdre M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Law enforcement; Police perceptions; Police training; Police work; Youth related incidents

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449842956     PISSN: 10575677     EISSN: 15563855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1057567709340403     Document Type: Article

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