Strategic incapacitation and the policing of Occupy Wall Street protests in New York City, 2011

Policing and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 81-102

  Gillham, Patrick F ^a   Edwards, Bob ^b   Noakes, John A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARCADIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Occupy Wall Street; police; protest; security; social movement; surveillance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873114295     PISSN: 10439463     EISSN: 14772728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10439463.2012.727607     Document Type: Article

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