Doing criminological ethnography in China: Opportunities and challenges

Theoretical Criminology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 271-279

  xu, Jianhua ^a   Laidler, Karen Joe ^a   Lee, Maggy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; ethnography; migrants; policing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876970176     PISSN: 13624806     EISSN: 14617439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362480613481798     Document Type: Article

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