The Police as Societal Moral Agents: "Procedural Justice" and the Analysis of Police Fiction

Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-54

  Dirikx, Astrid ^a   van den Bulck, Jan ^a   Parmentier, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 84858236145     PISSN: 08838151     EISSN: 15506878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08838151.2011.651187     Document Type: Article

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