Organizational justice and police misconduct

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 332-353

  Wolfe, Scott E ^a   Piquero, Alex R ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

code of silence; organizational justice; organizational theory; police corruption; police misconduct

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952652607     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854810397739     Document Type: Article

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