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Police ethics and integrity: can a new code overturn the blue code?

Louise WestmarlandDepartment of Social Policy and Criminology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 854-870 | Received 25 Mar 2016, Accepted 15 Nov 2016, Published online: 05 Dec 2016

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