Complaint reduction in the Tasmania Police

Policing and Society

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 426-447

  Porter, Louise E ^a   Prenzler, Tim ^a   Fleming, Jenny ^b,c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

complaint reduction; complaints; police misconduct

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867207543     PISSN: 10439463     EISSN: 14772728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10439463.2011.641548     Document Type: Article

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