Neighborhood Context and Police Vigor: A Multilevel Analysis

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 344-368

  Sobol, James J ^a   Wu, Yuning ^b   Sun, Ivan Y ^c  

^a BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

neighborhood context; police behavior; police vigor; social ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875353619     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128712470348     Document Type: Article

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