Mandatory retirement in the police service: The case of the London MPS

Policing

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 376-391

  Flynn, Matt ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Manpower planning; Pensions; Police; Retirement

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952930320     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639511011044948     Document Type: Article

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