Police Enforcement of Domestic Violence Laws: Supervisory Control or Officer Prerogatives?

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 185-208

  Johnson, Richard R ^a   Dai, Mengyan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

behavioral economics; domestic violence; organizational psychology; police attitudes; police behavior; police management; police supervision

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953347081     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418825.2014.887762     Document Type: Article

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