Use of force in minority communities is related to police education, age, experience, and ethnicity

Police Practice and Research

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 421-436

  Chapman, Christopher ^a  

^a KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

age; ethnicity; experience; minority communities; police education; use of force

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866339847     PISSN: 15614263     EISSN: 1477271X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15614263.2011.596711     Document Type: Article

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