Ethnicity and Trust: Perceptions of Police Bias

International Journal of Police Science and Management

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 388-401

  Sivasubramaniam, Diane ^a   Goodman Delahunty, Jane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

attitudes to police; minority ethnic groups; police bias; police targetting

Indexed keywords

EID: 85128971844     PISSN: 14613557     EISSN: 14781603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1350/ijps.2008.10.4.094     Document Type: Article

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