Too right-wing for police integrity? General socio-political attitudes connect work experiences to police integrity

Police integrity is a crucial steppingstone in police administrators’ long-term goals of obtaining legitimacy and yielding citizens’ evaluations of the police as a legitimate institution. This paper investigates the relationship between work-related experiences and police integrity, as well as the d...

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Authors: Van Droogenbroeck, Filip (Author) ; Kutnjak Ivković, Sanja 1965- (Author) ; Spruyt, Bram (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Policing and society
Year: 2022, Volume: 32, Issue: 8, Pages: 1012-1030
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