1st Edition

Liberty and Order Public Order Policing in a Capital City

By P.A.J. Waddington Copyright 1994
258 Pages
by Routledge

258 Pages
by Routledge

258 Pages
by Routledge

This unprecedented behind the scenes analysis of public order policing, first published in 1994, investigates the impact of increased police powers and equipment on basic democratic freedoms, describing and analysing police operations from protest marches to riots, and from royal ceremonials to street carnivals. When confrontational government policies stimulate inner-city riots and violent... Read more

1. Taking Rioting, Protesting and Policing Seriously  2. Law and the Authoritarian State  3. Avoiding Trouble: the Public Order Context  4. Negotiating Protest: Policing by Consent?  5. Relationships  6. Remote Control  7. Commanding the Ground  8. Institutionalizing Dissent  9. Power and Public Order Policing

Biography

P.A.J. Waddington