Gender differences in officer attitude and behavior

Women and Criminal Justice

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 1-32

  DeJong, Christina ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender and policing; Police attitudes; Police behavior; Providing comfort

Indexed keywords

EID: 85023930637     PISSN: 08974454     EISSN: 15410323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J012v15n03_01     Document Type: Article

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