Victim assessment of the police response to burglary: The relative effects of incident, police action, outcome and demographic variables on citizen satisfaction

Police Quarterly

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1-20

  Hirschel, David ^a   Lumb, Richard ^b   Johnson, Russell ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

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EID: 79959471538     PISSN: 10986111     EISSN: 1552745X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109861119800100401     Document Type: Article

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