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

John D. Brewer (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0333654889 | ISBN-13: 978-0333654880 | Publication Date: December 1996 | Edition: 2

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 controversial and topical issue in different parts of the world. Each chapter provides a range of data on the size, make-up and cost of the police and follows a common format in analysing the place of the police at the junction of state-society relations.

Product Details

• Paperback: 280 pages
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; 2 edition (December 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0333654889
• ISBN-13: 978-0333654880
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.8 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,969,475 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)