Shedding Light on Police Culture: An Examination of Officers’ Occupational Attitudes

Police Quarterly

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 205-236

  Paoline, Eugene A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

cluster analysis; officer attitudes; police; police culture; police subcultures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993782375     PISSN: 10986111     EISSN: 1552745X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098611103257074     Document Type: Article

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