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The strong arm of the law : armed and public order policing / P.A.J. Waddington.

Title
The strong arm of the law : armed and public order policing / P.A.J. Waddington.
Author
Waddington, P. A. J.
Publication
Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1991.

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ix, 355 p.; 23 cm.
Summary
A study of the Metropolitan Police, describing police policy, tactics and weaponry, and examining issues such as the selection and training of armed officers, the lethality of police firearms tactics, the growth of paramilitarism, methods of dispersing rioting crowds, and the causes of riots.
Subject
  • Firearms
  • Firearms > Great Britain > Use in crime prevention
  • Police > Great Britain
  • Riot control > Great Britain
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-350) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The eclipse of Dixon of Dock Green -- The people for the job? -- Deadly force -- Paramilitary policing -- The use of force in public-order policing -- The politics of explanation and justification -- The politics of force.
ISBN
0198273592 :
LCCN
^^^90022671^
OCLC
22710939
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library