Policing Styles and Organizational Priorities: Retesting Wilson’s Theory of Local Political Culture

Police Quarterly

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 411-430

  “Solomon” Zhao, Jihong ^a   Hassell, Kimberly D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

local government; police arrest; police organization; political culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993720612     PISSN: 10986111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098611104269078     Document Type: Article

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