Reading the Riot Act: The magistracy, the police and army in civil disorder

Reading the Riot Act: The magistracy, the police and army in civil disorder

"[This book] considers in detail the vigorously contested relations between agencies of the state (the Magistracy, the Police and the Army) involved in the supression of riot. Based on original research into ten major incidents of civil disorder from the Bristol riots of 1830 to the inner city disorders of 1981 the book argues that the right to ultimate control of the repressive forces of the state in the crucial area of civil disorder has at various times been appropriated by each of these agencies." (Publishers text)

Vogler, Richard

Open University Press 1991, Notes, Bibliography, Index

SR P 216