THE POLICE AND CHILD ABUSE: AN ANALYSIS OF POLICE DECISIONS TO REPORT ILLEGAL BEHAVIOR

This research examines police decisions to report child abuse. A questionnaire was administered to 142 law enforcement officers at both municipal and county police agencies in a southern county. Vignettes were used to determine the response of police to several abuse events that differ in their natu...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Criminology (Beverly Hills) 1988-11, Vol.26 (4), p.695-716
Hauptverfasser:	WILLIS, CECIL L., WELLS, RICHARD H.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Child Abuse Criminal sociology. Police. Delinquency. Deviance. Suicide Discretion Law Enforcement Police Sociology Sociology of law and criminology
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