The nonenforcement role of police in Western Alaska and the Eastern Canadian arctic: An analysis of police tasks in remote arctic communities

Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 367-379

  Wood, Darryl S ^a   Trostle, Lawrence C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

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EID: 0031521395     PISSN: 00472352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2352(97)00021-4     Document Type: Article

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