Hunting for Harm: Risk-Knowledge Networks, Local Governance, and the Ottawa Needle Hunter Program

Canadian Journal of Law and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 161-178

  Walby, Kevin ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 77950701183     PISSN: 08293201     EISSN: 19110227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0829320100009625     Document Type: Article

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