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Police investigations: discretion denied yet undeniably exercised. 警方调查：拒绝行使自由裁量权，但又无可否认。

IF 2.7 2区社会学

Policing & Society Pub Date : 2014-01-21 DOI: 10.1080/10439463.2013.878343

J Belur, N Tilley, D Osrin, N Daruwalla, M Kumar, V Tiwari

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