Whose streets? Police and protester struggles over space in Washington, DC, 29–30 September 2001

Policing and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 235-254

  Noakes, John A ^a   Klocke, Brian V ^b   Gillham, Patrick F ^b  

^a ARCADIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anti war Demonstrations; Policing Protests; Space; Strategic Incapacitation; Transgressive Protests; Washington DC

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044796650     PISSN: 10439463     EISSN: 14772728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10439460500168576     Document Type: Article

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