The Police in Society

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In the 1970s uncertainties about the exact nature of the police's role in a democracy multiplied. In this title, first published in 1979, Whitaker perceptively, critically yet impartially, analyses the effectiveness, sociology, misconduct, and future of the police suggesting radical reforms in their powers and relationship with the public.

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1. Eye of the Storm: The Public's Police 2. The Role of the Police: Force or Service? 3. The Price of Effectiveness 4. Freedom, and Freedom From Crime 5. State and Police: National or Provincial? 6. The Police Officer's Lot 7. Quis Custodiet: Policing the Police 8. The Cost of Freedom: The Police's Future. Appendices: A. The Judge's Rules B. The New System for Complaints C. Terms of the Trade: Some Police and Criminal Slang. Bibliography. Index.