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Title Preventing crowd violence / edited by Tamara D. Madensen, Johannes Knutsson
Published Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2011
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Description 1 online resource (253 pages) : illustrations
Series Crime Prevention Studies ; Volume 26
Crime prevention studies ; Volume 26.
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction / Johannes Knutsson -- 2. From Crisis to Opportunity: New Crowd Psychology and Public Order Policing Principles / Stephen Reicher -- 3. Crowd Dynamics and Public Order Policing / Clifford Stott -- 4. Initiation and Escalation of Collective Violence: An Observational Study / Otto M.J. Adang -- 5. Police Use of Active and Passive Mitigation Strategies at Crowd Events / Kjell Granstrom -- 6. Policing the British G8 Protests: A Contextualized Analysis / David P. Waddington -- 7. Crowd-Related Crime: An Environmental Criminological Perspective / John E. Eck -- 8. The Police and Major Event Planning: A Case Study in Las Vegas, Nevada / Tamara D. Madensen -- 9. Trick or Treat? Policing Halloween in Madison, Wisconsin / Michael S. Scott -- 10. Dialogue Policing: A Means for Less Crowd Violence? / Johannes Knutsson
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Riots -- Prevention
Crowds.
Mobs.
Violence -- Prevention
Public safety.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Violence in Society.
Crowds
Mobs
Public safety
Violence -- Prevention
Form Electronic book
Author Madensen, Tamara, editor
Knutsson, Johannes, 1947- editor.
LC no. 2010029732
ISBN 9781588269416
1588269418