‘it might have been incompetent, but it wasn't racist’: murder detectives’ perceptions of the lawrence inquiry and its impact on homicide investigation in london

Policing and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 89-112

  Foster, Janet ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Detectives and detective practice; Differential treatment; Homicide; Institutional racism; Lawrence and Macpherson Inquiry; Murder investigation; Policing

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044802081     PISSN: 10439463     EISSN: 14772728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10439460802008579     Document Type: Article

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