Olympics 2012 security: Welcome to lockdown London

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Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 446-451

  Graham, Stephen ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84865056552     PISSN: 13604813     EISSN: 14703629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13604813.2012.696900     Document Type: Article

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