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Criminal Justice Matters Volume 82, 2010 - Issue 1: Violence of the British State
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THEMED SECTION: VIOLENCE OF THE BRITISH STATE

Thinking about state violence

Joe Sim explores how idealised constructions of the normal and the pathological legitimate state violence

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Pages 6-7 | Published online: 06 Dec 2010

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