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Policing and Society
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Policing Minority Street Corner Gangs in Singapore: A View from the Street

N. Ganapathy Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore, AS1, 03-31., 11 Arts Link, Singapore, 119260
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Lian Kwen Fee Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore, AS1, 03-31., 11 Arts Link, Singapore, 119260
Pages 139-152 | Published online: 27 Oct 2010

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