Police, Picket-Lines and Fatalities - Lessons from the Past (Hardcover)

Police, Picket-lines and Fatalities explores public protests and their management by the police, focusing on the fatalities of strikers at the hands of police and outlining practices towards preventing such tragedies. Uniquely examining the only three worker fatalities in Australian industrial history due to police use of deadly force, this book analyses the frenzied policing involvement that led to the deaths; the lack of accountability of police leadership and individual actions; government and press partisanship; and the deficiencies in criminal justice administration. Baker ultimately questions: were the police merely performing their duty by enforcing the law or were they agents complicit in reckless violence and collusion? With analysis of the recent police shooting of 34 platinum miners at Marikana, South Africa in 2012, Baker looks at the lessons of these case-studies, both past and contemporary, to provide specific applications for developing best practice of police and union peace-keeping protocols during industrial protests and the wider issues pertinent to public order policing of demonstrations in general.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Pivot
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2014
Authors:	D. Baker
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	109
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-35805-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Industrial history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Causes & prevention of crime Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Demonstrations & protest movements Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Violence in society > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Industrial history
LSN:	1-137-35805-X
Barcode:	9781137358059

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