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Assessing the impact of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry

@inproceedings{Foster2005AssessingTI,
  title={Assessing the impact of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry},
  author={Janet W. Foster and Tim Newburn and Anna Souhami},
  year={2005}
}
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