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Negotiating nothing : police decision-making in disputes / Charles Kemp, Clive Norris, Nigel G. Fielding.

Title: Negotiating nothing : police decision-making in disputes / Charles Kemp, Clive Norris, Nigel G. Fielding.
Author: Kemp, Charles.
Publication: Aldershot ; Brookfield, Vt., USA : Avebury, c1992.

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Description

vii, 157 p.; 23 cm.

Subject

Police > England > Case studies
Police discretion > England > Case studies
Conflict management > England > Case studies

Genre/Form

Case studies

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 146-153) and index.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

1. Contextualising Dispute Handling in Police Work. Relevant law. Policy and organisation. Training. Police culture -- 2. Disputes as Negotiated Order. Negotiating the situational dynamics. Police decision making -- 3. How Police Negotiate the Handling of Disputes. Control. Information gathering. Interpretation. Implementation -- 4. Necessary Conditions for Dispute Negotiation. Shared language, assumptions and expectations. Skills, tactics and techniques. Role ambivalence -- 5. Dispute Handling and Law. Law in action. Juggling law and paperwork. Losing disputes and making arrests -- 6. Conclusion. Dispute handling and law. Implications for policy -- Appendix: Incident Summaries.

ISBN

1856282902

LCCN

^^^92159807^

OCLC

26006586
SCSB-11600712

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Harvard Library