A National Evaluation of the Effect of Cops Grants on Police Productivity (Arrests) 1995-1999

Police Quarterly

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 387-409

  “Solomon” Zhao, Jihong ^a   Scheider, Matthew C ^b   Thurman, Quint ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b United States Department of Justice   (United States)

^c TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

community policing; COPS grants; police; police productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993683736     PISSN: 10986111     EISSN: 1552745X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098611103251400     Document Type: Article

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