Preventing Crowd Violence
  • 2011/243 pages
  • Crime Prevention Studies, Volume 26

Preventing Crowd Violence

Tamara D. Madensen and Johannes Knutsson, editors
Hardcover: $62.00
ISBN: 978-1-58826-753-5
From jubilant sports fans celebrating a victory to angry political protestors, crowds create volatile situations that can all too often result in violence or property destruction. Preventing Crowd Violence offers a lucid examination of crowd behavior and of law enforcement tactics designed to deescalate tensions and promote cooperative interactions.
Tamara D. Madensen is assistant professor of criminal justice at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Johannes Knutsson is professor of police research at the Norwegian Police University College.

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