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‘They wanna be us’; PCSO performances, uniforms, and struggles for acceptance. / De Camargo, Camilla.
In: Policing and Society: An International Journal of Research and Policy, Vol. 30, No. 7, 31.07.2019, p. 854-869.

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De Camargo, C 2019, '‘They wanna be us’; PCSO performances, uniforms, and struggles for acceptance.', Policing and Society: An International Journal of Research and Policy, vol. 30, no. 7, pp. 854-869. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2019.1598998

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De Camargo, C. (2019). ‘They wanna be us’; PCSO performances, uniforms, and struggles for acceptance. Policing and Society: An International Journal of Research and Policy, 30(7), 854-869. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2019.1598998

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De Camargo C. ‘They wanna be us’; PCSO performances, uniforms, and struggles for acceptance. Policing and Society: An International Journal of Research and Policy. 2019 Jul 31;30(7):854-869. Epub 2019 Mar 27. doi: 10.1080/10439463.2019.1598998

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De Camargo, Camilla. / ‘They wanna be us’; PCSO performances, uniforms, and struggles for acceptance. In: Policing and Society: An International Journal of Research and Policy. 2019 ; Vol. 30, No. 7. pp. 854-869.

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