The Impact of Negative Publicity on Police Self-legitimacy

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 84-108

  Nix, Justin ^a   Wolfe, Scott E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

dialogic model; negative publicity; organizational justice; police self legitimacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945265069     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418825.2015.1102954     Document Type: Article

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