Constructing tales of the field: uncovering the culture of fieldwork in police ethnography

One of the core contributions of the strong tradition of police ethnography is the emergence of a powerful critique of police culture. Through this work, researchers have explored the informal norms that structure police practices and the implications both for the experiences of policing and for cen...

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Autor principal: Souhami, Anna (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
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Publicado: [2020]
En: Policing and society
Año: 2020, Volumen: 30, Número: 2, Páginas: 206-223
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