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Policing and Society
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‘No one wants to end up on YouTube’: sousveillance and ‘cop-baiting’ in Canadian policing

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Pages 674-691 | Received 02 Sep 2023, Accepted 07 Mar 2024, Published online: 11 Mar 2024

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