Patrol officers' perceived role in responding to cybercrime

Policing

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 165-181

  Bossler, Adam M ^a   Holt, Thomas J ^b  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer crime; Cybercrime; Law enforcement; Officer perceptions; Police; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857585811     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639511211215504     Document Type: Article

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