Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vi
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 ‘Blood May’: The Case of Berlin 1929 11
6. 2 The police and the Clichy Massacre, March 1937 29
7. 3 Sectarian Violence and Police Violence in Glasgow during the 1930s 41
8. 4 The People’s Police and the Miners of Saalfeld, August 1951 63
9. 5 New York’s Night of Birmingham Horror: The NYPD, The Harlem Riot of 1964, and The Politics of “Law and Order” 81
10. 6 Policing Pit Closures, 1984–1992 99
11. 7 The Role of the Police: Image or Reality? 121
12. A Note on Further Reading 143
13. Contributors 145
14. Index 147