Law enforcement training and the domestic far right

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1305-1322

  Chermak, Steven M ^a   Freilich, Joshua D ^b   Shemtob, Zachary ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic terrorism; Far right extremism; Law enforcement training; Political violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450171288     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854809345630     Document Type: Article

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