Is neighborhood context a confounder?: Exploring the effects of citizen race and neighborhood context on satisfaction with the police

Policing

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 595-612

  Dai, Mengyan ^a   Johnson, Richard R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Policing; Surveys; United States of America; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 71849104258     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510911000722     Document Type: Article

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