SUBVERSION AND THE POLICE
01 January 1991
SUBVERSION AND THE POLICE
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JOURNAL ARTICLE , User Ref = 010950 , Acc Date = 01-Aug-87
I A Watt
Police Stud, Winter 1986 9(4) pp199-203
Examines the role of the police during periods when government
stability is threatened by subversion using historical examples
as well as modern ones such as the miners strike, racial tension
in inner city areas, and the conflict in Northern Ireland. These
are characterised as instances of particular groups placing
sectional demands above the wider national interest, and of
believing that the law does not and should not apply to them.
Argues that the existence of such groups does not, in itself,
threaten the stability of the state but that it may do if the
general consensus on the desirability of preserving the social
framework breaks down. The police are a vital element in the
fight against the ever present subversive element which seeks to
overthrow democratic states, and it is essential that they are
properly trained to understand and appreciate the diversity of
modern society and maintain the support of enlightened public
opinion.
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