عنوان

The Police, Public Order and the State :

(Number (ISBN

0333654889

(Number (ISBN

1349246476

(Number (ISBN

9780333654880

(Number (ISBN

9781349246472

Number

b384133

Title Proper

The Police, Public Order and the State :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

Policing in Great Britain, Northern Ireland, the Irish Republic, the USA, Israel, South Africa and China

First Statement of Responsibility

by John D. Brewer, Adrian Guelke, Ian Hume, Edward Moxon-Browne, Rick Wilford.

Edition Statement

Second edition

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

London

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1996.

Text of Note

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 theAre 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 theAre 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",,,,"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 a common format in analysing the place of the police at the junction of state-society relations.

John D Brewer

Adrian Guelke

Edward Moxon-Browne

Ian Hume

Rick Wilford

Electronic name

[Book]

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