Evaluating and Improving Structural Reform in Police Departments

PUBLISHER

Criminology & Public Policy

DATE

2017

UVA Law Faculty Affiliations

Rachel Harmon

Rachel Harmon, Evaluating and Improving Structural Reform in Police Departments, 16 Criminology & Public Policy, 617–627 (2017).

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