Police investigations: discretion denied yet undeniably exercised
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Police investigations: discretion denied yet undeniably exercised.
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عنوان ژورنال: Policing and Society
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1043-9463,1477-2728
DOI: 10.1080/10439463.2013.878343