Wood, Lesley J.

Crisis and control : the militarization of protest policing / Lesley J. Wood. - London : Toronto : New York : Pluto Press ; Between the Lines ; Distributed by Palgrave macMillan 2014. - x, 205 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

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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Police.
Crowd control.
Intelligence service.
Demonstrations.
Protest movements.
Riot control.

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