Police and the prevention of crime: Commerce, temptation and the corruption of the body politic, from fielding to colquhoun

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 439-454

  Dodsworth, Francis ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 51249143849     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: 14643529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azl054     Document Type: Article

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