To catch a terrorist: Can ethnic profiling work?

Significance

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 164-167

  Press, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 78649535982     PISSN: 17409705     EISSN: 17409713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2010.00452.x     Document Type: Article

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