Policing made visible: Mobile technologies and the importance of point of view

Surveillance and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 455-473

  Brucato, Ben ^a  

^a AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84945271244     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.24908/ss.v13i3/4.5421     Document Type: Article

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