Misplaced mistrust: The collaborative construction of doubt in 911 emergency calls

Symbolic Interaction

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 297-324

  Garcia, Angela Cora ^a   Parmer, Penelope Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033265914     PISSN: 01956086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/si.1999.22.4.297     Document Type: Article

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