1st Edition

Policing Public Disorder

By David Waddington Copyright 2008
256 Pages
by Willan

256 Pages
by Willan

This book draws on a wide range of studies of collective conflict and the policing of crowds and social movements to provide an understanding of the causes and management of public disorder. It seeks to describe and explain the processes by which the police interpret and respond to instances of public disorder, to account for variations in their strategies and tactics, and to identify the... Read more
Introduction  1. Public order policing: theoretical approaches  2. Theories of public disorder  3. The American urban riots, 1991-2001  4. The British urban riots, 1991-2001  5. World-wide 'anti-globalisation' protest, post Seattle  6. The G8 Justice and Home Affairs Ministers' meeting in Sheffield, June 2005  7. English football fans abroad, 1990-2006  8. Conclusions

Biography

Waddington, David