Protest under fire? Explaining the policing of protest

American Sociological Review

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 581-606

  Earl, Jennifer ^a   Soule, Sarah A ^b   McCarthy, John D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; POLICE FORCE; POPULAR PROTEST; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

NEW YORK; NEW YORK STATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242286546     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1519740     Document Type: Article

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