The five i’s of five-O: Racial ideologies, institutions, interests, identities, and interactions of police violence

Critical Sociology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 857-871

  Hughey, Matthew W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Police; Race; Racism; Sociology; Theory; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84952666044     PISSN: 08969205     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0896920515589724     Document Type: Article

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