Policy displacement and disparate sanctioning from policing cannabis in Denmark

Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 135-150

  Møller, Kim ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cannabis policy; Copenhagen; Ethnic disparity; Policing; Policy displacement

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649345627     PISSN: 14043858     EISSN: 16512340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14043858.2010.502014     Document Type: Article

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