Procedural justice in contacts with the police: The perspective of victims of crime

Police Practice and Research

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 437-449

  Elliott, Irina ^a   Thomas, Stuart D M ^a,b   Ogloff, James R P ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

procedural justice; secondary victimisation; thematic analysis; victim police interactions; victims of crime

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866333164     PISSN: 15614263     EISSN: 1477271X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15614263.2011.607659     Document Type: Article

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