Figuring crime: Quantifacts and the production of the Un/real

Public Culture

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 209-246

  Comaroff, Jean ^a   Comaroff, John L ^a  

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EID: 33644750308     PISSN: 08992363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/08992363-18-1-209     Document Type: Editorial

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