Race/ethnicity and perceptions of the police: A comparison of White, Black, Asian and Hispanic Americans

Policing and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 135-157

  Wu, Yuning ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; Hispanic Americans; perceptions of police; race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893217430     PISSN: 10439463     EISSN: 14772728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10439463.2013.784288     Document Type: Article

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