The effect of citizens' status and behavior on venezuelan police officers' decisions to use force

Policing and Society

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 315-338

  Birkbeck, Christopher ^a   Gabaldón, Luis Gerardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Behavior; Citizens; Latin America; Police; Status; Use of force

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975690034     PISSN: 10439463     EISSN: 14772728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10439463.1998.9964794     Document Type: Article

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