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

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Wood, Lesley J., author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Police.
Crowd control.
Intelligence service.
Demonstrations.
Protest movements.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (216 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
London : Pluto Press, 2014.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
An activist's guide to understanding the militarisation of the policing of protest.
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.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 23, 2014).
ISBN:
9781783712106
1783712104
9781783712090
1783712090
OCLC:
923335949

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