Explaining Majority and Minority Trust in the Police

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1042-1067

  Van Craen, Maarten ^a  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

minority; performance; police; procedural justice; social capital; trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886431429     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418825.2011.649295     Document Type: Article

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