There should be no open doors in the police: Criminal investigations in northern Ghana as boundary work

Journal of Modern African Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 551-572

  Beek, Jan ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; CRIME; POLICE FORCE; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; STATE-LOCAL RELATIONS;

GHANA;

EID: 84869069568     PISSN: 0022278X     EISSN: 14697777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022278X12000353     Document Type: Article

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