I spy with my little eye: The use of CCTV in schools and the impact on privacy

Sociological Review

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 381-405

  Taylor, Emmeline ^a  

^a Greater Manchester Probation Trust   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77955211516     PISSN: 00380261     EISSN: 1467954X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-954X.2010.01930.x     Document Type: Editorial

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