A 'kinder blue': Analysing the police management of the Sheffield anti-'Lib Dem' protest of March 2011

Policing and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 46-64

  Waddington, David ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

facilitating protesters' rights; Police Liaison Teams; protest policing; public order

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873197184     PISSN: 10439463     EISSN: 14772728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10439463.2012.703197     Document Type: Article

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