An Examination of Authoritarian Personality Traits among Police Officers: The Role of Experience

Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 99-104

  Laguna, Louis ^a   Linn, Ashley ^b   Ward, Kyle ^a   Rupslaukyte, Rasa ^a  

^a LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Authoritarianism; Level of experience; MMPI 2; Police

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052558945     PISSN: 08820783     EISSN: 19366469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11896-009-9060-0     Document Type: Article

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