"The dog you deserve": Ambivalence in the K-9 officer/patrol dog relationship

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 148-172

  Sanders, Clinton R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambivalence; Human animal interaction; K 9 officers; Patrol dogs

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644617994     PISSN: 08912416     EISSN: 15525414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891241605283456     Document Type: Article

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