Police, Public Order, and Civil Liberties - Legacies of the Miners'' Strike

List of contents

The authors. Preface. Part I: Issues and Background 1. Introduction 2. Civil Liberties: Principles and Issues 3. Background to the Strike: Economic, Political, and Legal Issues 4. Background to the Strike: Police and Policing Part II: The Miners' Strike March 1984 - March 1985 Prologue 5. The Progress of the Strike 6. Policing the Strike 7. The Use of the Criminal Process in the Miners' Strike Part III: Aftermath of the Strike 8. The Aftermath of the Strike 9. Policing After the Strike Part IV: Conclusions and Recommendations 10. Conclusions and Recommendations. Appendices Appendix 1: Statistics of the Strike. Appendix 2: Observing the Picket Line: Experiences of Chesterfield NCCL Group. Appendix 3: Some Major Confrontations: Orgreave and the Return to Work in South Yorkshire. Appendix 4: Table of Cases. References and Selected Bibliography. Index.

About the author

Sarah McCabe and Peter Wallington, with John Alderson, Larry Gostin and Christopher Mason

Summary

Originally published in 1988, this book is a report on policing during the miners' strike of 1984-5. The report describes the policing of the strike in detail from a range of published, unpublished, and eyewitness sources. The strike is set in the context of developments in law and policing before and since.

Product details

• Authors: John Alderson, Alderson John, Larry Gostin, Christopher Mason, Sarah McCabe, Sarah Wallington Mccabe, McCabe Sarah, Peter Wallington, Wallington Peter
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2023
• EAN: 9781032420097
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3242009-7
• No. of pages: 210
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Police and Policing
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Criminal law & procedure, Legal History, Police & security services, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Police and security services, Criminal law: procedure and offences