Policing political protest: lessons of best practice from a major English city

This chapter focuses on a 30-year period of political protest occurring in Western democracies from 1983 to 2013. It draws upon a related body of research, based on demonstrations in the major UK city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, to highlight those policing strategies and tactics which help to ensure that events of this nature remain predominantly trouble-free and devoid of major confrontation. © David Pritchard and Francis Pakes 2014 and Respective authors 2014.