Public Satisfaction with Police: The Influence of General Attitudes and Police-Citizen Encounters

International Journal of Police Science and Management

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 54-66

  Hinds, Lyn ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

citizen initiated contact; police legitimacy; police initiated contact; procedural justice; public satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010854741     PISSN: 14613557     EISSN: 14781603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1350/ijps.2009.11.1.109     Document Type: Article

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