Motivations for becoming a police officer: Re-assessing officer attitudes and job satisfaction after six years on the street

2010/06/01 by Michael D. White, Jonathon A. Cooper, Jessica Saunders +1 · 166 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Criminology #Diversity (politics) #Ethnic group #Gender studies #Job satisfaction #Law #Officer #Police department #Policing Practices and Perceptions #Political science #Proxy (statistics) #Psychology #Race (biology) #Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies #Social and Intergroup Psychology #Social psychology #Sociology

paper · doi:10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2010.04.022

published in Journal of Criminal Justice 38(4), 520-530 (Elsevier BV)

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