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Police Powers in Canada : the Evolution and Practice of Authority.
In their introduction, the editors point out that constitutional order is tied to the exercise of power by law enforcement agencies, and that if relations between the police and civil society continue to erode, the exercise of force will rise - a dangerous prospect for democratic societies.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
1994.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Contents
- Contributions
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part One: The History of Police Powers
- 1 The Traditional Common-Law Constable, 1235-1829: From Bracton to the Fieldings to Canada
- 2 Power from the Street: The Canadian Municipal Police
- 3 The RCMP and the Evolution of Provincial Policing
- Part Two: Police Powers and Citizens' Rights
- 4 Citizens' Rights and Police Powers
- 5 Policing under the Charter
- 6 Reforming Police Powers: Who's in Charge?
- Part Three: Police Organization and Minority Representation
- 7 Policing Aboriginal Peoples: The Challenge of Change
- 8 An Assessment of Strategies of Recruiting Visible-Minority Police Officers in Canada: 1985-1990
- Part Four: Police and Politics
- 9 The Police and Politics: The Politics of Independence
- 10 The Police and Political Science in Canada
- 11 Police and Politics: There and Back and There Again?
- Part Five: Two Case Studies: Montreal and Edmonton
- 12 Police Accountability in Crisis Situations
- 13 Policing: From the Belly of the Whale.