Policing a Perplexed Society

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Should policemen be armed? Do they want to be? How fair is police interrogation? Are the police too tough on demonstrators? How often are the guilty acquitted? Do we get the police force we deserve? Originally published in 1977, Sir Robert Mark, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Force considers these and many other issues.

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Preface. 1. Cornerstones of Excellence 2. Keeping the Peace in Great Britain: The Differing Roles of the Police and the Army 3. Liberty without Responsibility? 4. A Compellable Witness 5. Minority Verdict 6. Social Violence 7. The Metropolitan Police and Political Demonstrations 8. A Sufficiency of Seed on Fertile Ground. Appendix: Relations with the News Media. Index.