Public confidence in the police: Testing the effects of public experiences of police corruption in Ghana

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 296-319

  Tankebe, Justice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confidence; Corruption; Ghana; Procedural justice; Trustworthiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249123090     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: 14643529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azq001     Document Type: Article

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