Campus policing : an ethnography of the University of Cape Town Campus Control Unit

Includes bibliography.The aim of undertaking the project was to investigate the activities of the University of Cape Town Campus Control unit. The study is based on the premise that there is an underestimation of Campus Control work. A number of basic questions were examined in the field. The resear...

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Medienart: Elektronisch Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 1996
In:Jahr: 1996
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