“Harmless Weapons”

  • Reference: P22-412
  • Author: Elizabeth Roselman
  • Publication Date: 1978
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  • keywords Policing, UK, United Kingdom, Militarisation, Weaponry, Civil Order,
  • Comments: 72 pages; The problems of the introduction of sophisticated weapons in the control of civil disorder in Britain.; Appendix 2 includes examples of 'harmless' weapons in table format (pp. 51 - 67).; Council for Science and Society.
  • Publisher: Barry Rose
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  • Collection: Pamphlets
  • Type: Pamphlets
  • Chapters: New Weapons, When is a weapon harmless?; Testing for harmlessness.; Social and Political Context.; Policing in Britain.; Control of Police and weaponry.; Possibility of a drift between military style in times of maintenance of civil order.