Policing views from around the globe: An exploratory study of the views of college students from Bangladesh, Canada, Nigeria, and the United States

International Criminal Justice Review

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 229-247

  Lambert, Eric G ^a   Jiang, Shanhe ^b   Khondaker, Mahfuzul I ^c   Elechi, O Oko ^d   Baker, David N ^e   Tucker, Kasey A ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PRAIRIE VIEW A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

North America; South Africa; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955190240     PISSN: 10575677     EISSN: 15563855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1057567710375984     Document Type: Article

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