Policing the Line: The Development of a Theoretical Model for the Policing of Conflict

Focusing on an area which has become one of the most controversial and critical facing modern policing, this book provides a comprehensive new conflict management model that has the potential to become the template used by police forces throughout the world. Reviewing the historical context of conflict and examining the legal mandate upon the state to regulate society and protect the rights of the individual, the book offers a detailed analysis of national and international legislation and jurisprudence in respect of the duties and responsbilities placed upon the police when addressing violenct conflict. The model presented is both predictive and descriptive and is constructed through evidence deduced from practical incidents, representative of the most common typologies of conflict. It should be an instructive resource for serving officers involved in conflict management and conflict training, and for academics and researchers in the field of criminal justice and policing.