'A catastrophic lack of inquisitiveness': A critical study of the impact and narrative of the Project Champion surveillance project in Birmingham

Ethnicities

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 751-770

  Isakjee, Arshad ^a   Allen, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anti terror; Birmingham; communities; counter terrorism; extremism; Muslims; Project Champion; security

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888107966     PISSN: 14687968     EISSN: 17412706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468796813492488     Document Type: Article

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