Overcoming cop culture? Organizational justice and police officers' attitudes toward the public

Policing

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 338-356

  Myhill, Andy ^a   Bradford, Ben ^b  

^a Harperley Hall   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Community policing; Law enforcement; Police; Procedural justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878231187     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639511311329732     Document Type: Article

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