Ethnic and Racial Minorities and the Police: A Review of the Literature

Police Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 222-245

  Antonopoulos, Georgios A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34548207135     PISSN: 0032258X     EISSN: 17405599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1350/pojo.76.3.222.19446     Document Type: Article

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