Police accountability and the commodification of policing in China: A study of police/business posters in Guangzhou

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1093-1117

  Xu, Jianhua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

China; commodification; policing; posters

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886399116     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: 14643529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azt038     Document Type: Article

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