The social ecology of police attitudes

Policing

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 253-269

  Sobol, James J ^a  

^a BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Community policing; Police; Sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952923016     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639511011044876     Document Type: Article

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