Making domestic violence arrests: A test of expectancy theory

Policing

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 531-547

  Johnson, Richard R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrest; Domestic violence; Expectancy theory; Policing; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956532066     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639511011066890     Document Type: Article

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