Predictors in late adolescent college students' attitudes towards police and their attitudes towards parents, teachers, and police as a function of self-esteem

Probably one of the biggest concerns today of most Americans is the problem of crime. Police depend heavily upon citizens to help them fight crime, and so attitudes toward police are important since it is these attitudes which can directly help or hinder police effectiveness. Adolescents are over-re...

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1. VerfasserIn: Smith, Kathleen Dee (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 1995
In:Jahr: 1995
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