Coping with the failure of the police in post-Soviet Russia: Findings from one empirical study

Police Practice and Research

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 474-486

  Zernova, Margarita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

coping techniques; police; post Soviet Russia; public distrust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869404327     PISSN: 15614263     EISSN: 1477271X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15614263.2011.616141     Document Type: Article

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