Patrol Officer Responses to Citizen Feedback: An Experimental Analysis

Police Quarterly

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 171-205

  Wells, William ^a   Horney, Julie ^b   Maguire, Edward R ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

citizen surveys; community policing; perceptions of police; performance measurement and evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993749034     PISSN: 10986111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098611103258956     Document Type: Article

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