Understanding institutional racism: The Stephen Lawrence inquiry and the police service reaction

Policing Beyond Macpherson: Issues in Policing, Race and Society

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 66-87

  Souhami, Anna ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781843926504     Document Type: Chapter

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