The Politics of Policing: Between Force and Legitimacy: v.21 (Sociology of Crime, Law and Deviance) (Sociology of Crime, Law & Deviance) (Sociology of Crime, Law and Deviance, 21)

by Mathieu Deflem (Editor), Mathieu Deflem (Editor)

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  Hardcover
  2016

  $205.32

  Developments and problems associated with police power are at the very front of current public debate. This volume addresses contemporary issues of policing with a focus on the characteristics of police power as a coercive force in society and its continued need for legitimacy in a democratic social order.