An examination of police use of force utilizing police training and neighborhood contextual factors: A multilevel analysis

Policing

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 681-702

  Lee, Hoon ^a   Jang, Hyunseok ^b   Yun, Ilhong ^c   Lim, Hyeyoung ^d   Tushaus, David W ^b  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSOURI WESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community policing; Police; Training; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649242928     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639511011085088     Document Type: Article

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