Policing in Canada in the twenty-first century: Directions for law reform

Re-Imagining Policing in Canada

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 22-91

  Hermer, Joe ^a   Kempa, Michael ^b   Shearing, Clifford ^c   Stenning, Philip ^d   Wood, Jennifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Australian National University ^*

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

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