Toys for the Boys? Drones, Pleasure and Popular Culture in the Militarisation of Policing

Critical Criminology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 163-177

  Salter, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 84883261069     PISSN: 12058629     EISSN: 15729877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10612-013-9213-4     Document Type: Article

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