Procedural Justice and Police Legitimacy: A Test of Measurement and Structure

American Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 187-205

  Gau, Jacinta M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Global and specific attitudes toward police; Police legitimacy; Procedural justice; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899637761     PISSN: 10662316     EISSN: 19361351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12103-013-9220-8     Document Type: Article

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