Citizen Perceptions of Police Services: Race, Neighborhood Context, and Community Policing

Police Quarterly

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 440-468

  Schafer, Joseph A ^a   Huebner, Beth M ^b   Bynum, Timothy S ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attitudes towards police; citizen satisfaction; community survey; organizational performance; police performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993811949     PISSN: 10986111     EISSN: 1552745X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098611102250459     Document Type: Article

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