Consent Searches as a Threat to Procedural Justice and Police Legitimacy: An Analysis of Consent Requests During Traffic Stops

Criminal Justice Policy Review

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 759-777

  Gau, Jacinta M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

consent searches; police legitimacy; procedural justice; traffic citations; traffic stops

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887426949     PISSN: 08874034     EISSN: 15523586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0887403412464547     Document Type: Article

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