An exploratory examination of pre-employment psychological testing of police officer candidates with a hispanic surname

Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 38-44

  Dantzker, M L ^a   Freeberg, Diamantina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

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EID: 79959291507     PISSN: 08820783     EISSN: 19366469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02802606     Document Type: Article

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