NCJ Number
17794
Journal
POLICE COLLEGE MAGAZINE Volume: 13 Issue: 2 Dated: (UNDATED) Pages: 17-24
Date Published
Unknown
Length
8 pages
Annotation
THE AUTHOR CONTENDS THAT THE POLICE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR HANDLING ALL TYPES OF PUBLIC DISORDER, FROM STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS AND SPORTS EVENTS RIOTS TO TERRORISM IN NORTHERN IRELAND.
Abstract
IT IS POINTED OUT THAT PUBLIC DISORDER IS A GROWING MALADY AND WITHOUT INTERFERENCE FROM THE POLICE IT WOULD ACHIEVE EPIDEMIC PROPORTIONS. REGARDLESS OF THE INADEQUACY OF THE LAWS, THE MAN ON THE SCENE IS WHAT REALLY COUNTS, WITH HIS POWER TO MEDIATE AND RATIONALIZE.