Does Twitter Increase Perceived Police Legitimacy?

Public Administration Review

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 598-607

  Grimmelikhuijsen, Stephan G ^a   Meijer, Albert J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84932193781     PISSN: 00333352     EISSN: 15406210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/puar.12378     Document Type: Article

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