Chinese immigrants' perceptions of the police in Toronto, Canada

Policing

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 610-630

  Chu, Doris C ^a   Song, John Huey Long ^b  

^a ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada; Immigrants; Perception; Police

Indexed keywords

EID: 57249108313     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510810910599     Document Type: Article

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