Interracial public-police contact: Relationships with police officers' racial and work-related attitudes and behavior

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 551-560

  Dhont, Kristof ^a   Cornelis, Ilse ^a   Van Hiel, Alain ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Intergroup contact; OCB; Police; Prejudice; Procedural fairness; Racism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957751231     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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