Line of duty police deaths: A paradoxical trend in felonious homicides in the united states

Policing and Society

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 283-296

  Quinet, Kenna Davis ^a   Bordua, David J ^b   Lassiter, Wright ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c METHODIST DALLAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body Armor; Police Deaths; Target Hardening

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937266453     PISSN: 10439463     EISSN: 14772728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10439463.1997.9964758     Document Type: Article

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