Police-youth relationships: A qualitative analysis of Flemish adolescents' attitudes toward the police

European Journal of Criminology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 191-205

  Dirikx, Astrid ^a   Gelders, Dave ^a,b   Parmentier, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

adolescents; attitude; perceptions; police; qualitative research method

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858679235     PISSN: 14773708     EISSN: 17412609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1477370811427518     Document Type: Article

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