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Coping with Police Social Service Role Strain: Findings of the Paramilitary–Bureaucratic Structure and Structural Empowerment of the Police Organization

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Notes

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    Due to the ethical consideration, I avoided using the district’s real name by labelling it as district A.

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    Social welfare officers work in one governmental department, the Civil Affairs Bureau.

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    Due to the ethical consideration, I avoided using the participants’ real names by labelling the participants as CPOA, CPOB, CPOC.

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Wang, X. (2015). Coping with Police Social Service Role Strain: Findings of the Paramilitary–Bureaucratic Structure and Structural Empowerment of the Police Organization. In: Empowerment on Chinese Police Force's Role in Social Service. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-45614-9_6

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