The role of the People's armed police in Chinese policing

Asian Journal of Criminology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 107-128

  Sun, Ivan Y ^a   Wu, Yuning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Chinese police; Paramilitary police; Peoples' Armed Police (PAP)

Indexed keywords

EID: 74849083108     PISSN: 18710131     EISSN: 1871014X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11417-008-9059-y     Document Type: Article

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