The Case Against Paramilitary Policing

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The argument of this book, originally published in 1990, demonstrates that paramilitarism, thought to deal quickly and effectively with outbreaks of public disorder, far from being maximally effective, substantially contributed to the very problem it claimed to minimize.

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Series Editor's Introduction. Preface and Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction 2. Minimum Force: A 'Contingent' Historical 'View from Below' 3. Impartiality, Discretion and the Real World of Policing Disorder 4. Policy, Supervision and the Dominance of the Occupational Dimension 5. Effectiveness or Amplification? The Work Structure in Action 6. Inside the Work Structure: Processes of Amplification 7. General Summary and Concluding Remarks. References. Index.