Steven Box and police crime: understanding and challenging police violence and corruption

In Power, Crime, and Mystification (PCM), Steven Box suggested that the law-and-order climate of the 1980s made it very difficult to even mention police violence and corruption without being accused of adopting a ‘hysterical and anti-police stance’ (1983, p. 82). This chapter considers the need for,...

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Main Author: Jackson, Will (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Demystifying power, crime and social harm
Year: 2023, Pages: 223-246
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Keywords:
Polizei
Gewalttätigkeit
Korruption
Großbritannien

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