Police Responses in Officer-Involved Violent Deaths: Comparison of Suicide by Cop and Non-Suicide by Cop Incidents

Police Quarterly

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 79-100

  Lord, Vivian B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

officer involved; suicide by cop; use of force; violent deaths

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898868936     PISSN: 10986111     EISSN: 1552745X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098611114522040     Document Type: Article

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