Preventing Crowd Violence / / ed. by Tamara D. Madensen, Johannes Knutsson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Adang, Otto M. J.,; Eck, John E.,; Granström, Kjell,; Holgersson, Stefan,; Hylander, Ingrid,; Killengreen, Ingelin,; Knutsson, Johannes,; Madensen, Tamara D.,; Plant, Joel B.,; Reicher, Stephen,; Scott, Michael S.,; Sousa, William H.,; Stott, Clifford,; Waddington, David P.,
• HerausgeberIn: Knutsson, Johannes,; Madensen, Tamara D.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Crime Prevention Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (243 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Foreword --; Acknowledgments --; 1 Introduction --; 2 From Crisis to Opportunity: New Crowd Psychology and Public Order Policing Principles --; 3 Crowd Dynamics and Public Order Policing --; 4 Initiation and Escalation of Collective Violence: An Observational Study --; 5 Police Use of Active and Passive Mitigation Strategies at Crowd Events --; 6 Policing the British G8 Protests: A Contextualized Analysis --; 7 Crowd-Related Crime: An Environmental Criminological Perspective --; 8 The Police and Major Event Planning: A Case Study in Las Vegas, Nevada --; 9 Trick or Treat? Policing Halloween in Madison, Wisconsin --; 10 Dialogue Policing: A Means for Less Crowd Violence? --; Bibliography --; The Contributors --; Index --; Books in This Series --; About the Book
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781588269416; 9783110784251
• DOI: 10.1515/9781588269416
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Tamara D. Madensen, Johannes Knutsson.

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.