Policing the platonic cave: Ethics and efficacy in police training

Policing and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 166-186

  Conti, Norman ^a   Nolan, James J ^b  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective efficacy; Ethics; Ethnography; Police training; Situational policing; Socialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044895689     PISSN: 10439463     EISSN: 14772728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10439460500071705     Document Type: Article

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