Media influence on citizen attitudes toward police effectiveness

Policing and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 227-238

  Dowler, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Police media effectiveness; Television and attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937381681     PISSN: 10439463     EISSN: 14772728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10439460290032369     Document Type: Article

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