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A study of the use of violence by police forces in Latin America and the United States as well as in the Caribbean. Drawing on considerable field research, Chevigny investigates torture and the use of deadly force, in addition to less drastic forms of police violence, in six major urban centres.

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Presents a preventative approach to law enforcement based on accountability to citizens, explaining how police departments can reduce crime, prevent terrorism, and render communities safer through specific applications of progressive policing that do not infringe on civil rights.

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A compilation of true stories of having conversations with racists and the things I learned. These were while I was in the Navy. The information in timely.The rest of the book is from my experience as Equal Opportunity Advisor/Diversity Officer. Some of this information is also from the Navvy but they are applicable to anyone anywhere.

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This unique book is required reading for anyone wanting to join the police, or with an interest in modern policing methods.

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An in-depth critical analysis of how ruling elites use the police institution in order to control communities.

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This work explores the various police strategies of coercion, negotiation, and information surveillance. It discusses specific countries' governments and considers public opinion, media and the police's perception of reality to illustrate the reciprocal ways in which police and protest are defined.

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Through the lens of South Wales Police, this volume reflects upon the changing role of the police in society. Written by police officers and researchers working collaboratively, it covers key topics including neighbourhood policing; major crime investigation and violence prevention; gender and policing; police technologies; and leadership.

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This is the first complete history of the Special Branch of the Metropolitan Police from its formation in 1883 to its demise in 2006, when it was subsumed into the Counter Terrorism Command of the Metropolitan Police Service.

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The underlying concern of this book is the issue of balancing the needs for national security with individual rights and freedoms. Hocking argues that current security legislation compromises the separation of powers and individual legal and political rights.

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Violent Order explores the everyday practices of police and policing as modes of violence in the fabrication of social order.

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Provides a clear and accessible guide to the major components of Australia's anti-terrorism laws and their effects. Shows what constitutes a crime of terrorism in Australia, and what happens when the authorities seek a control order or an order of preventative detention over an individual.

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The contributors to this book examine the issues involved in what direction British policing should take. Should it promote itself as a police force, dedicated to the attack on crime and public disorder, or should it adopt the mantle of police service, devoted to providing reassurance

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Here, now fully updated for the twenty-first century, is the complex and fascinating history of the formation of the British Women Police. Full of drama, intrigue and humour, it also captures, through well-authenticated primary material, the colour and manner of the times.

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This collection explores policing and race in relationship to political challenges, economic realities, and social ramifications. This is done through the use of evidence-based research and established best practices as presented in fourteen chapters written by accomplished scholars across various academic disciplines.

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All the ingredients of a Le Carr novel, only its real - Matthew Hall, crimewriter and screenwriter (Keeping Faith)