TY  - JOUR
AB  - This paper uses recent developments in crowd psychology as the basis for developing new guidelines for public order policing. Argues that the classical view of all crowd members as being inherently irrational and suggestible, and therefore potentially violent, is both wrong and potentially dangerous. It can lead to policing strategies that respond to the violence of some in the crowd by clamping down on all members, and therefore lead all members to perceive the police as hostile and illegitimate. In such conditions, even those who were initially opposed to violence may come to side with more conflictual crowd members and hence contribute to an escalation in the level and scope of collective conflict. This paper argues that police officers need to concentrate on understanding the collective identities, priorities and intentions of different groups in the crowd and give the same priority to facilitating the lawful intentions of some groups as to controlling the unlawful intentions of others.
VL  - 27
IS  - 4
SN  - 1363-951X
DO  - 10.1108/13639510410566271
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/13639510410566271
AU  - Reicher Stephen
AU  - Stott Clifford
AU  - Cronin Patrick
AU  - Adang Otto
PY  - 2004
Y1  - 2004/01/01
TI  - An integrated approach to crowd psychology and public order policing
T2  - Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 558
EP  - 572
Y2  - 2024/09/22
ER  -