The Police, Public Order and the State: Policing in Great Britain, Northern Ireland, the Irish Republic, the Usa, Israel, South Africa and China

by John D. Brewer and Rick Brwer, John D. and Guelke, Adrian and Hume, Ian and Moxon-Browne, Edward and Wilford

Are police forces agents of the state or of society? How do different police forces maintain order? How does the nature of a country's political system affect the state's reaction to disorder? This study identifies trends in public-order policing across a broad sample of seven countries: Britain, Northern Ireland, the Irish Republic, the United States of America, Israel, South Africa and China. It explains why the handling of disorder has become a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333654889
• ISBN13: 9780333654880
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: MacMillan
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"