A fighting fetish: On transnational police and their warlike presentation of self

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A fighting fetish : On transnational police and their warlike presentation of self. / Sausdal, David.

I: Theoretical Criminology, Bind 25, Nr. 3, 2021, s. 400-418.

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Sausdal, D 2021, 'A fighting fetish: On transnational police and their warlike presentation of self', Theoretical Criminology, bind 25, nr. 3, s. 400-418. https://doi.org/10.1177/13624806211009487

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Sausdal, D. (2021). A fighting fetish: On transnational police and their warlike presentation of self. Theoretical Criminology, 25(3), 400-418. https://doi.org/10.1177/13624806211009487

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Sausdal D. A fighting fetish: On transnational police and their warlike presentation of self. Theoretical Criminology. 2021;25(3):400-418. https://doi.org/10.1177/13624806211009487

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Sausdal, David. / A fighting fetish : On transnational police and their warlike presentation of self. I: Theoretical Criminology. 2021 ; Bind 25, Nr. 3. s. 400-418.

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