The Strong Arm of the Law - Armed and Public Order Policing (Hardcover, New)

Have the British police abandoned their commitment to "policing by consent"? The sight of armed and riot police on the streets has led to this question being asked repeatedly over the past decade. However, the secrecy that has surrounded the policy governing armed and public order policing has previously made this a topic of arid speculation rather than informed debate. During his three years' extensive research into the Metropolitan Police, the author was given unprecedented access to the hitherto secret world of armed and riot policing. Here he provides a detailed description of police policy, tactics, and weaponry, examining such issues as the selection and training of armed officers, the lethality of police firearms tactics, the growth of paramilitarism, methods of dispersing rioting crowds, and the causes of riots. This study of the difficulties and dilemmas that arise from the need to ensure effective public order policing while retaining public consent should throw new light on the issues that have aroused public anxiety. Teachers and undergraduate and postgraduate students of the social sciences, especially criminology, sociology, politics, and history; police, commentators

General

Imprint:	Clarendon Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 1991
First published:	June 1991
Authors:	P. A. J Waddington (Director of Criminal Justice Studies)
Dimensions:	223 x 144 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	366
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-827359-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Emergency services > Police & security services
LSN:	0-19-827359-2
Barcode:	9780198273592

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