Policing Citizens

Police, Power and the State

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Crimes & Criminals, Criminology, Sociology
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Author: P.A.J. Waddington ISBN: 9781135361495
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: November 1, 2002
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: P.A.J. Waddington
ISBN: 9781135361495
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: November 1, 2002
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

This analysis of policing throughout the modern world demonstrates how many of the contentious issues surrounding the police in recent years - from paramilitarism to community policing - have their origins in the fundamentals of the police role. The author argues that this results from a fundamental tension within this role. In liberal democratic societies, police are custodians of the state's monopoly of legitimate force, yet they also wield authority over citizens who have their own set of rights.

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This analysis of policing throughout the modern world demonstrates how many of the contentious issues surrounding the police in recent years - from paramilitarism to community policing - have their origins in the fundamentals of the police role. The author argues that this results from a fundamental tension within this role. In liberal democratic societies, police are custodians of the state's monopoly of legitimate force, yet they also wield authority over citizens who have their own set of rights.

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