Researching the use of force: The background to the international project

Crime, Law and Social Change

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 95-110

  Stenning, Philip ^a   Birkbeck, Christopher ^b   Adang, Otto ^c,d   Baker, David ^e   Feltes, Thomas ^f   Gabaldón, Luis Gerardo ^g   Haberfeld, Maki ^h   Machado, Eduardo Paes ⁱ   Waddington, P A J ^j  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Netherlands Police Academy   (Netherlands)

^d Monash University ^*  (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^f RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA ANDRÉS BELLO   (Venezuela)

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

ⁱ FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 70349685072     PISSN: 09254994     EISSN: 15730751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10611-008-9177-6     Document Type: Article

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