Everyday policing and the occult: Notions of witchcraft, crime and “The people”

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 193-211

  Jensen, Steffen ^a   Buur, Lars ^b  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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EID: 85064786666     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: 15497879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00020180412331318733     Document Type: Note

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