Avoiding complaints: Venezuelan police officers’ situational criteria for the use of force against citizens

Policing and Society

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 113-129

  Birkbeck, Christopher ^a   Gabaldón, Luis Gerardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Latin America; Police; Police community relations; Rules; Situations; Use of force

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937281039     PISSN: 10439463     EISSN: 14772728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10439463.1996.9964745     Document Type: Article

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