Crack Pipes and Policing: A Case Study of Institutional Racism and Remedial Action in Cleveland

Law and Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-214

  Lynch, Mona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 79952399073     PISSN: 02658240     EISSN: 14679930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9930.2010.00334.x     Document Type: Article

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