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Body Searches as Contested Control Measures

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Daems, T. (2023). Body Searches as Contested Control Measures. In: Daems, T. (eds) Body Searches and Imprisonment. Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20451-7_1

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