Tripping over molehills: Ethics and the ethnography of police work

International Journal of Social Research Methodology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-48

  Rowe, Michael ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

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EID: 33847411589     PISSN: 13645579     EISSN: 14645300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13645570600652792     Document Type: Review

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