The Strong Arm of the Law: Armed and Public Order Policing

by P.A.J. Waddington

Have the British abandoned their commitment to "policing by consent?" The sight of armed and riot police on the streets has led to this question being asked repeatedly over the past decade. However, the secrecy that has surrounded the policy governing armed and public order policing has previously made this topic one of speculation rather than an informed debate. During his three years' extensive research into the Metropolitan Police, P.A.J. Waddington...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198273592
• ISBN13: 9780198273592
• Release Date: August 1991
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.8" x 8.7"