Storytelling at the police station

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 624-642

  Van Hulst, Merlijn ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

backstage; ethnography; narrative; police culture; storytelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879200288     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: 14643529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azt014     Document Type: Article

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