Reactive Versus Proactive Attitudes Toward Domestic Violence: A Comparison of Taiwanese Male and Female Police Officers

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 216-237

  Chu, Doris C ^a   Sun, Ivan Y ^b  

^a ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

domestic violence; female officers; proactive attitudes; reactive attitudes; Taiwanese police

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894276052     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128710372192     Document Type: Article

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