Running the risk: Police officer discretion and family violence in New Zealand

Policing and Society

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-66

  Grant, Stephanie ^a   Rowe, Michael ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Police bureaucracy; Police culture; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953310393     PISSN: 10439463     EISSN: 14772728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10439463.2010.540662     Document Type: Article

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