Stuck on a plateau?: Obstacles to recruitment, selection, and retention of women police

Police Quarterly

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 207-226

  Cordner, Gary ^a   Cordner, AnnMarie ^a  

^a KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

police culture; recruitment; retention; selection; women police

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051761154     PISSN: 10986111     EISSN: 1552745X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098611111413990     Document Type: Article

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