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'We Do Not Hang Around. It Is Forbidden': Immigration and the Criminalisation of Youth Hanging around in the Netherlands

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'We Do Not Hang Around. It Is Forbidden': Immigration and the Criminalisation of Youth Hanging around in the Netherlands. / Muller, Thaddeus.
In: Erasmus Law Review, Vol. 2016, No. 1, 08.2016, p. 30-38.

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Muller, T 2016, ''We Do Not Hang Around. It Is Forbidden': Immigration and the Criminalisation of Youth Hanging around in the Netherlands', Erasmus Law Review, vol. 2016, no. 1, pp. 30-38. https://doi.org/10.5553/ELR.000066

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Muller, T. (2016). 'We Do Not Hang Around. It Is Forbidden': Immigration and the Criminalisation of Youth Hanging around in the Netherlands. Erasmus Law Review, 2016(1), 30-38. https://doi.org/10.5553/ELR.000066

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Muller T. 'We Do Not Hang Around. It Is Forbidden': Immigration and the Criminalisation of Youth Hanging around in the Netherlands. Erasmus Law Review. 2016 Aug;2016(1):30-38. doi: 10.5553/ELR.000066

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Muller, Thaddeus. / 'We Do Not Hang Around. It Is Forbidden' : Immigration and the Criminalisation of Youth Hanging around in the Netherlands. In: Erasmus Law Review. 2016 ; Vol. 2016, No. 1. pp. 30-38.

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