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Threats to civil liberties : policing / Bradley Steffens.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Steffens, Bradley, 1955- author.
- Series:
- Threats to civil liberties.
- Threats to Civil Liberties
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Police--United States--Juvenile literature.
- Police.
- Civil rights--United States--Juvenile literature.
- Civil rights.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (80 pages) : color illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- San Diego, California : ReferencePoint Press, Incorporated, [2019]
- Summary:
- By enforcing the law and maintaining a civil society, the police make it possible for people to enjoy and exercise their individual rights and freedoms. But the power of the police can also be used to curtail those rights and freedoms. This book helps teen readers understand what the issues are, how they have come about, what actions are being taken to address the concerns, and why some of those actions are controversial.
- Contents:
- Investigative procedures
- Interrogation techniques
- Use of force
- Discrimination.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on: online resource; title from pdf title page (Gale Virtual Reference Library, viewed June 17, 2019).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781682824504
- 1682824500
- OCLC:
- 1028583788
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