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POLICING BY CONSENT

01 January 1991

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POLICING BY CONSENT
refdoc May=1991
JOURNAL ARTICLE , User Ref = 82-1873
E O'BALLANCE
CONTEMPORARY REV, APR 1982 240(1395) PP188-192

LOOKS BRIEFLY AT THE HISTORY OF POLICING IN BRITAIN AND AT THE
DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC DISQUIET AT POLICE PRACTICES. REASONS SEEM
TO INCLUDE A DECLINE IN POLICE CONTACT WITH THE PUBLIC IN FAVOUR
OF TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS, A DECLINE IN THE STANDARD OF
POLICE RECRUITS, AND RACIAL PREJUDICE AMONG
POLICE OFFICERS. LOOKS AT WAYS OF IMPROVING THE POLICE FORCE'S
RELATIONSHIP WITH SOCIETY USING SOME OF THE IDEAS OF THE SCARMAN
REPORT ON THE BRIXTON RIOT.


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