Organized evil and the Atlantic alliance: Moral panics and the rhetoric of organized crime policing in America and Britain

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 106-128

  Woodiwiss, Michael ^a   Hobbs, Dick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 57349120790     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: 14643529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azn054     Document Type: Article

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