Inside the Ruc: Routine Policing in a Divided Society

by John D. Brewer

Police in divided societies have a paradoxical role. They may operate benignly in discharging routine police duties and at the same time are forced to function as a militarized, repressive force to contain political violence. One of the countries where this controversy over policing is most widespread is Northern Ireland. In this innovative study, based on Kathleen Magee's extensive interviews and research with an RUC unit, John Brewer explores the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198278462
• ISBN13: 9780198278467
• Release Date: March 1991
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.6" x 8.8"