Mandatory Arrest: Loosely Coupled Organisations, Situational Variables, and the Arrest Decision

International Journal of Police Science and Management

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 374-387

  Phillips, Scott W ^a  

^a BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

discretion; loose decision theory; police decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874423862     PISSN: 14613557     EISSN: 14781603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1350/ijps.2008.10.4.093     Document Type: Article

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