Citation

Fekete L. Race Class 2013; 54(3): 65-76.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Institute of Race Relations, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0306396812464159

PMID

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Abstract

Drawing on discussions at a symposium in June 2012, on 'Policing communities: race, class and the state' (organised by the Institute of Race Relations and the Power, Conflict and Justice Research Group, Edge Hill University, in conjunction with the Tottenham Defence Campaign), the author reflects on public order policing, past and present, and traces the ways in which strategies used in Northern Ireland were and are transferred to Britain, especially in relation to black and minority ethnic communities. She draws attention to the ways in which emergency anti-terror legislation and numerous new laws further criminalise and control poor and marginalised communities today. It is only through showing solidarity that a new 'frontline' can be established to protect those communities no longer policed 'by consent', but 'by enforcement'. Further analysis on the implications of policing following the Good Friday Agreement is presented by Daniel Holder in his commentary, 'Police accountability, the Irish peace process and the continuing challenge of secrecy', in this issue.

Language: en