Risk assessment and risk management in policing

Policing

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 239-258

  Worden, Robert E ^a   Harris, Christopher ^b   McLean, Sarah J ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^c Director of Research and Technical Assistance   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizen complaints; Early intervention system; Police management; Police misconduct; Police supervision; Police use of force

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902530711     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/PIJPSM-12-2012-0088     Document Type: Article

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