Measuring public perceptions of the police

Policing

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 703-730

  Maguire, Edward R ^a   Johnson, Devon ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes to the police; Measurement; Police; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649281418     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639511011085097     Document Type: Article

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