Policing housemaids: The criminalization of domestic workers in Bahrain

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-183

  Strobl, Staci ^a  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

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EID: 60749087959     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: 14643529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azn071     Document Type: Article

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