Police officers as change agents in police reform

Policing and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-71

  Toch, Hans ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Compstat; Decentralization; Excessive force; Organizational democracy; Police reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 85055362206     PISSN: 10439463     EISSN: 14772728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10439460701718575     Document Type: Article

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