A tainted trade? Moral ambivalence and legitimation work in the private security industry

Angélica Thumala; Benjamin Goold; Ian Loader

doi:10.1111/j.1468-4446.2011.01365.x

A tainted trade? Moral ambivalence and legitimation work in the private security industry

Angélica Thumala, Benjamin Goold, Ian Loader

Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia

Research output: Article › peer-review

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	283-303
Number of pages	21
Journal	British Journal of Sociology
Volume	62
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-4446.2011.01365.x
Publication status	Published - Jun 2011

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