Then they came for the dogs!
This paper examines the British state's desire to liquidate the Pit Bull as a breed. It examines the moral panic that brought the Pit Bull Terrier to public attention and traces the government's knee-jerk response that resulted in the Dangerous Dogs Act (), the legal instrument that mandated Britain...
| Publicado en: | Crime, Law & Social Change Vol. 55; no. 5; pp. 391 - 404 |
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Springer Nature
Jun2011
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