An examination of Florida policies on force continuums

Policing

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-54

  Hough, Richard M ^a   Tatum, Kimberly M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Force continuums; Law enforcement; Law enforcement policies; Policing; United States of America; Use of force

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857533795     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639511211215441     Document Type: Article

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