Public Events and Police Response: Understanding Public Order Policing in Democratic India - Hardcover

Kumar, T.K. Vinod

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198090331 ISBN 13: 9780198090335

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2013

Synopsis

Public events are at the heart of civic discourse in modern societies. The nature and number of public events and state response define the characteristics of the society and governance. Events and the police response to them are interactions that provide insight into the nature of social and democratic discourse in society. Surveying the data of public events in cities and police response to them, detailed case studies of selected major events, and advanced statistical analyses, this book looks at the relationship between public events and police response. While different characteristics of events have varying effect on police response, the scale of violence in the event has the greatest impact on police response. The analyses indicate that the response of the police is largely circumscribed by democratic norms and rule of law. Revealing the tendency for police to be drawn into the ambit of political debate, which greatly impacts police organization and personnel, the study also point

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About the Author

T.K. Vinod Kumar is a PhD in Criminal Justice from Indiana University, Bloomington. A member of the Indian Police Service, he has extensive field experience in police administration, crime investigation, public order management, counter terrorism, and training. His publications have appeared in various research journals, including Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice and International Criminal Justice Review.

From the Back Cover

'The nature of public events reflects the character of society and polity. The frequency of occurrence of events and levels of violence and disorder associated with them points to the freedom of conduct of such events and even abuse of such freedom. The response of the state and administration, especially the police, reflects the degree of respect for values of rule of law and democracy. The interaction between events and response are, therefore, indices of the presence or absence of these values.'
T.K. Vinod Kumar

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198090331
• ISBN 13: 9780198090335
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 336