Twenty years on: lesbian, gay and bisexual police officers' experiences of workplace discrimination in England and Wales

Policing and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 188-211

  Jones, Matthew ^a   Williams, Matthew L ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

employment discrimination; gay and bisexual police officers; Lesbian; sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920701948     PISSN: 10439463     EISSN: 14772728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10439463.2013.817998     Document Type: Article

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