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Book Synopsis
Important lessons about the nature of policing in divided societies

Trade Review
'An exceptionally well written and broad study of policing and public order, particularly from the 'Troubles' in the late 1960s to the present' -- CHOICE

Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Policing Nineteenth-Century Ireland: Setting the Parameters
2. Policing After Partition: Constructing the Security Apparatus
3. Policing Under Stormont
4. The Impact of Civil Rights on Policing: Collapse and Failed Reform
5. Criminalisation and Normalisation: The Counter-Insurgency Solution
6. Legitimacy, Counter-Insurgency and Policing: The Legacy of the 1970s
7. Shooting to Kill?
8. Collusion and Death Squads
9. Symbolism, Surveys and Police Legitimacy
10. Epilogue: The Patten Report on the RUC
Notes
Bibliography
Index

The Crowned Harp

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      Publisher: Pluto Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 20/05/2000
      ISBN13: 9780745313931, 978-0745313931
      ISBN10: 0745313930

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Important lessons about the nature of policing in divided societies

      Trade Review
      'An exceptionally well written and broad study of policing and public order, particularly from the 'Troubles' in the late 1960s to the present' -- CHOICE

      Table of Contents
      Introduction
      1. Policing Nineteenth-Century Ireland: Setting the Parameters
      2. Policing After Partition: Constructing the Security Apparatus
      3. Policing Under Stormont
      4. The Impact of Civil Rights on Policing: Collapse and Failed Reform
      5. Criminalisation and Normalisation: The Counter-Insurgency Solution
      6. Legitimacy, Counter-Insurgency and Policing: The Legacy of the 1970s
      7. Shooting to Kill?
      8. Collusion and Death Squads
      9. Symbolism, Surveys and Police Legitimacy
      10. Epilogue: The Patten Report on the RUC
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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