Sensitivity to the Ferguson Effect: The role of managerial organizational justice

Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 47, Issue , 2016, Pages 12-20

  Nix, Justin ^a   Wolfe, Scott E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferguson Effect; Organizational justice; Police management; Policing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977268161     PISSN: 00472352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2016.06.002     Document Type: Article

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