Angry Aggression Among Police Officers

Police Quarterly

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-21

  Griffin, Sean P ^a   Bernard, Thomas J ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

abuse of force; excessive force; police; police behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993736238     PISSN: 10986111     EISSN: 1552745X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098611102250365     Document Type: Article

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