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Human values differentially motivate police actions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2023

Sharon Glazer*
Affiliation:
Healthy Organization, Inc. & The University of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA
Cláudio V. Torres
Affiliation:
University of Brasília, Department of Basic Psychological Processes, Brasilia, Brazil
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*Corresponding author. Email: sglazer@ubalt.edu

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