Policing Tactics and Perceptions of Police Legitimacy

Police Quarterly

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 469-491

  Hawdon, James E ^a   Griffin, Sean P ^a   Ryan, John ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

community policing; outcome justice; perceptions of the police; police legitimacy; policing tactics; procedural justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993728898     PISSN: 10986111     EISSN: 1552745X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098611103253503     Document Type: Article

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