Top-down management and patrol officers' attitudes about the importance of public order maintenance: A research note

Police Quarterly

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-61

  Gau, Jacinta M ^a   Gaines, D Cody ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

inclusive decision making; order maintenance; police organization; policing; supervisor; top down management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856591746     PISSN: 10986111     EISSN: 1552745X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098611111433010     Document Type: Article

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