Police Attitudes about the Use of Unnecessary Force: An Ecological Examination

Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-57

  Phillips, Scott W ^a   Sobol, James J ^a  

^a BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological theory; Unnecessary force; Use of force

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873323781     PISSN: 08820783     EISSN: 19366469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11896-010-9067-6     Document Type: Article

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