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Introduction -- The causes and prevention of crime and deviancy -- Why and how offenders are punished -- The criminal justice process : an overview -- How to conduct criminological research -- Criminology sources -- The presentation of written work -- Studying criminology in higher education -- Taking it further exercises -- Key terms in criminology and criminal justice policy -- Index

The Policing of Protest, Disorder and International Terrorism in the UK since 1945 -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Introduction - Conventional Politics and Protest -- The Decline of Engagement with Conventional Political Activity -- Political Party Membership and Party Affiliation -- Voter Participation in Elections -- General Elections -- Disillusionment with Conventional Political Activity -- People Lack Power -- Remoteness of Conventional Political Activity -- Centralisation of Power in the Executive Branch of Government -- Lack of Ideological and Policy Choice -- Founded on Obsolete Ideals -- Consensus Politics -- Management as Opposed to Change -- Centralised Control and Stage Management -- Party Discipline -- Sleaze and Abuse of Power in a Public Office -- The Disillusioned and the Disengaged -- Young People and Conventional Politics -- Political Engagement Through Protest -- Young People and Protest -- Young People and Formal Education -- Young People Lacking Formal Education -- Globalisation and Protest -- The Globalisation of Capitalism -- Power Wielded by Multinational Companies -- Securing Political Influence -- Corporate Power, Conventional Politics and Protest -- Conclusion -- References -- 2 The State's Response to Protest, Subversion and Terrorism -- The Physical Response to Protest -- The Police Service -- Riot Police -- Specialist Public Order Units -- Police Support Units -- Mutual Aid and Its Organisation -- The Military -- The Privatisation of Public Order Policing -- Political Policing -- Subversion -- The Policing of Subversion -- The Police Service -- Special Branch -- Government Communications Headquarters -- The Security Service (MI5) -- Private Organisations -- Methods of Intelligence Gathering -- Overt Intelligence Gathering -- The Storage of Intelligence Gathered Overtly -- Intrusive Surveillance -- Telephone Tapping

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