Police Performance: A Model for Assessing Citizens’ Satisfaction and the Importance of Police Attributes

Police Quarterly

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 449-468

  Cheurprakobkit, Sutham ^a   Bartsch, Robert A ^b  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN   (United States)

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EID: 84993737879     PISSN: 10986111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109861101129197941     Document Type: Article

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