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Record Nr.

UNINA9910597150803321

Autore

Redekop Vern Neufeld <1949->

Titolo

Beyond control : a mutual respect approach to protest crowd-police relations / / Vern Neufeld Redekop and Shirley PareĢ

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2010

ISBN

1-282-89461-7

9786612894619

1-84966-017-4

1-84966-356-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (426 p.)

Disciplina

363.23

Soggetti

Crowd control

Community policing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Forward by Archbishop Desmond Tutu."--Cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Protest crowd-police dynamics -- pt. 2. The mutual respect paradigm in practice.

Sommario/riassunto

What is refreshing about Beyond Control is the vision for the kind of society in which protestors and police recognize their mutual humanity as well as how both are needed for a democratic society to function well. ' From the Foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu. How can large protest crowds be better and more respectfully managed by police? This topical book applies the principles of community-based conflict resolution to the policing of large crowds, suggesting a completely new approach that moves away from the discourse of rabble-rousing mobs towards negotiated management, and a paradigm of