`Stop or Íll Call The Police!́ The Idea of Police, or the Effects of Police Encounters Over Time
This article develops Bittner's (1974) theory of the police by considering the effect of police encounters over time. It argues that the expectation that the police will intervene whenever called establishes the idea of police' in the public, and how this makes the idea of police a pre-emi...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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2006
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The British journal of criminology
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Volltext (doi) |
| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
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| Availability in Tübingen: | Present in Tübingen. IFK: In: Z 7 |
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