A War on Cops? The Effects of Ferguson on the Number of U.S. Police Officers Murdered in the Line of Duty

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 739-758

  Maguire, Edward R ^a   Nix, Justin ^b   Campbell, Bradley A ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferguson Effect; line of duty death; murder; police; time series

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989233482     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418825.2016.1236205     Document Type: Article

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