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Police, Public Order, and the State
Brewer, John D.; Guelke, Adrian
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Description for Police, Public Order, and the State
Paperback. This study identifies trends in public-order policing across a broad sample of seven countries. It explains why the handling of disorder has become a controversial and topical issue in different parts of the world. Each chapter provides data on the size, make-up and cost of the police. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKN; 1DBKW; 1DBR; 1FBH; 1FPC; 1HFMS; 1KBB; JKSW1; JKV; JPHC; JPS; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 365.
Are police forces agents of the state or of society? How do different police forces maintain order? How does the nature of a country's political system affect the state's reaction to disorder? This study identifies trends in public-order policing across a broad sample of seven countries: Britain, Northern Ireland, the Irish Republic, the United States of America, Israel, South Africa and China. It explains why the handling of disorder has become a controversial and topical issue in different parts of the world. Each chapter provides a range of data on the size, make-up and cost of the police and follows ... Read more
Are police forces agents of the state or of society? How do different police forces maintain order? How does the nature of a country's political system affect the state's reaction to disorder? This study identifies trends in public-order policing across a broad sample of seven countries: Britain, Northern Ireland, the Irish Republic, the United States of America, Israel, South Africa and China. It explains why the handling of disorder has become a controversial and topical issue in different parts of the world. Each chapter provides a range of data on the size, make-up and cost of the police and follows ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
279
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333654880
SKU
V9780333654880
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99-15
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