Unpacking Public Attitudes to the Police: Contrasting Perceptions of Misconduct with Traditional Measures of Satisfaction

International Journal of Police Science and Management

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-22

  Miller, Joel ^b   Davis, Robert C ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

attitudes to police; police effectiveness; police in the media; police misconduct

Indexed keywords

EID: 85128907618     PISSN: 14613557     EISSN: 14781603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1350/ijps.2008.10.1.9     Document Type: Article

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