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Security and Liberty : Restriction by Stealth /

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Considering the question of how levels of security allow state power to be increased to the point at which it infringes essential civil liberties, this book explores the creeping power of the executive and the unfeasibility of widespread use of the Human Rights Act as a bulwark against the oppressiv...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moss, Kate (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Series:Crime prevention and security management.
Subjects:
Social Sciences.
Criminology & Criminal Justice.
Policing.
Political Science.
Prison and Punishment.
Social Policy.
Youth Offending and Juvenile Justice.
Corrections.
Criminology.
Juvenile delinquents.
Police.
Political science.
Punishment.
Social policy.
Social sciences.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Considering the question of how levels of security allow state power to be increased to the point at which it infringes essential civil liberties, this book explores the creeping power of the executive and the unfeasibility of widespread use of the Human Rights Act as a bulwark against the oppressive use of state power.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XI, 184 pages)
ISBN:9780230583023
DOI:10.1057/9780230583023