Striking out: Race and support for police use of force

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 592-623

  Johnson, Devon ^a   Kuhns, Joseph B ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude; Police; Race; Use of force

Indexed keywords

EID: 74949115937     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418820802427825     Document Type: Article

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