Observational studies in police custody areas: Some methodological and ethical issues considered

Policing and Society

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 191-205

  Phillips, Coretta ^a   Brown, David ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Home Office Central Research Establishment   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethics; Fieldwork; Methodology; Observational study; Police subculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937263361     PISSN: 10439463     EISSN: 14772728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10439463.1997.9964773     Document Type: Article

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