Promoting trust in police: Findings from a randomised experimental field trial of procedural justice policing

Policing and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 405-424

  Murphy, Kristina ^a   Mazerolle, Lorraine ^b   Bennett, Sarah ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

experimental design; policing; procedural justice; trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900795686     PISSN: 10439463     EISSN: 14772728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10439463.2013.862246     Document Type: Article

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