Exploring separable components of institutional confidence

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 95-115

  Hamm, Joseph A ^a   PytlikZillig, Lisa M ^a   Tomkins, Alan J ^a   Herian, Mitchel N ^a   Bornstein, Brian H ^a   Neeley, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a Public Policy Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JURISPRUDENCE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEBRASKA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78851472501     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.965     Document Type: Article

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