Explaining police support for the use of force and vigilante violence in Ghana

Policing and Society

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 129-149

  Tankebe, Justice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corruption; Democracy; Force; Ghana police; Legitimacy; Vigilantism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957956438     PISSN: 10439463     EISSN: 14772728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10439463.2010.540663     Document Type: Article

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