Crisis and control : the militarization of protest policing / Lesley J. Wood.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: London : Pluto Press ; Toronto : Between the Lines ; New York : Distributed by Palgrave macMillan 2014.Description: x, 205 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780745333892
  • 0745333893
  • 9780745333885 (pbk.)
  • 0745333885
  • 9781771131612
  • 1771131616
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HV 8055 .W66 2014
Contents:
Introduction -- Policing waves of protest, 1995-2013 -- To serve and protect who? policing trends and best practices -- Local legitimacy and struggles for control -- Officers under attack -- the thin blue line, pepper spray, and police identity -- Experts, agencies, the private security sector, and integration -- Protest as threat -- Urine-filled supersoakers -- Crisis and control.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [173]-196) and index.

Introduction -- Policing waves of protest, 1995-2013 -- To serve and protect who? policing trends and best practices -- Local legitimacy and struggles for control -- Officers under attack -- the thin blue line, pepper spray, and police identity -- Experts, agencies, the private security sector, and integration -- Protest as threat -- Urine-filled supersoakers -- Crisis and control.

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