Officer's perception of organizational arrangements and preventive policing practice: An opensystem approach to South Korean police departments

Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 410-430

  Lee, ChangHun ^a   Kim, JungMi ^b   Kim, JongGil ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^b Korean National Police Agency ^*  (United States)

^c Korean National Police Agency   (United States)

Author keywords

Individual perception; Open systems; Organizational structures; Policing; South Korea

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956514352     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639511011066836     Document Type: Article

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