The Effect of Higher Education on Police Behavior

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• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  Police Quarterly

• Publication date

  2010-01-03

• Fields of study

  Engineering, Education

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  DOI 10.1177/1098611109357325
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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