Brutality at the border? Use of force in the arrest of immigrants in the United States

International Journal of the Sociology of Law

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 285-306

  Phillips, Scott ^a   Rodriguez, Nestor ^a   Hagan, Jacqueline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

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EID: 0037724027     PISSN: 01946595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0194-6595(03)00003-0     Document Type: Article

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