Prejudice in the police: On the processes underlying the effects of selection and group socialisation

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 252-269

  Gatto, Juliette ^a   Dambrun, Michaël ^a   Kerbrat, Christian ^b   de Oliveira, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b Institut National de Formation de la Police Nationale   (France)

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EID: 77955582458     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.617     Document Type: Article

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