03285nam 22005774a 450 991045478710332120200520144314.01-84964-032-70-585-42582-5(CKB)111056486517312(StDuBDS)AH23054297(SSID)ssj0000133043(PQKBManifestationID)11145736(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000133043(PQKBWorkID)10040688(PQKB)10732071(MiAaPQ)EBC3386104(Au-PeEL)EBL3386104(CaPaEBR)ebr5000385(CaONFJC)MIL987786(OCoLC)923330596(EXLCZ)9911105648651731219991213d2000 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrThe crowned harp[electronic resource] policing Northern Ireland /Graham Ellison and Jim SmythLondonSterling, Va. Pluto Press20001 online resource (224 p.)Contemporary Irish studiesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7453-1393-0 0-7453-1398-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [196]-209) and index.The Crowned Harp provides a detailed analysis of policing in Northern Ireland. Tracing its history from 1922, Ellison and Smyth portray the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) as an organisation burdened by its past as a colonial police force. They analyse its perceived close relationship with unionism and why, for many nationalists, the RUC embodied the problem of the legitimacy of Northern Ireland, arguing that decisions made on the organisation, composition and ideology of policing in the early years of the state had consequences which went beyond the everyday practice of policing. The authors provide an extended discussion of policing after the outbreak of civil unrest in 1969, ask why policing was cast in a paramilitary mould, and look at the use of special constabularies and the way in which the police dealt with social unrest which threatened to break down sectarian divisions. Examining the reorganisations of the RUC in the 1970's and 1980's, Ellison and Smyth focus on the various structural, legal and ideological components, the professionalisation of the force and the development of a coherent, if contradictory, ideology. The analysis of the RUC during this period sheds light on the problematic nature of using the police as a counter insurgency force in a divided society. Perceptions of the police, and the opinions of rank and file members are examined and an assessment is made of the various alternative models of policing, such as community policing and local control. This book offers important lessons about the nature of policing in divided societies.Contemporary Irish studies.PoliceNorthern IrelandElectronic books.Police363.2/09416Ellison Graham857677Smyth Jim927268MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454787103321The crowned harp2083452UNINA