Singing the same tune? International continuities and discontinuities in how police talk about using force

Crime, Law and Social Change

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 111-138

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Netherlands Police Academy   (Netherlands)

^c Monash University ^*  (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA ANDRÉS BELLO   (Venezuela)

^h FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

ⁱ KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 70349694367     PISSN: 09254994     EISSN: 15730751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10611-008-9176-7     Document Type: Article

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