The new improved monied police: Reform, crime control, and the commodification of policing in London

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 85-108

  McMullan, John L ^a  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0030546529     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjc.a014079     Document Type: Article

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