Organizational communication and the symbolic construction of police murder investigations

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 67-87

  Innes, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distancing strategies; Murder investigation; Organizational communication; Policing; Symbolic interactionism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATION; POLICE; POLICY; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMMUNICATION; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; ENGLAND; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; POLICE;

EID: 0036517314     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071310120109339     Document Type: Article

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