Reflections of African-American Women on their Careers in Urban Policing. Their Experiences of Racial and Sexual Discrimination

International Journal of the Sociology of Law

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 311-326

  Pogrebin, Mark ^a   Dodge, Mary ^a   Chatman, Harold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 0034553105     PISSN: 01946595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ijsl.2000.0131     Document Type: Article

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