Mandatory criminal record checks in Sweden: Scandals and function creep

Surveillance and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 276-291

  Backman, Christel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

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EID: 84874732958     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.24908/ss.v10i3/4.4206     Document Type: Article

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