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Policing and Society
An International Journal of Research and Policy
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Research Articles

Police and procedural justice: perceptions of young people with mental illness

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Pages 841-860 | Received 01 Nov 2022, Accepted 24 Apr 2023, Published online: 04 May 2023

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