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Police Powers

Police Powers is a legal authority inherent to state sovereignty that enables governmental agencies to regulate behavior and enforce order within a jurisdiction for the protection of public health, safety, and welfare, distinguishing it from other state powers by its broad preventive and regulatory scope in contrast to punitive or adjudicative functions.

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Publications

10.9K

Citations

327

Authors

163

Institutions

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2017–2026

59

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State Police Power

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Publications

256

The Fabrication of Social Order: A Critical Theory of Police Power

Capital & Class · 2002 · 473 citations

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Police: Streetcorner Politicians

Wilbur R.Miller, William Muir · Journal of American History · 1978 · 431 citations

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Jurisdiction and Scale: Legal `Technicalities' as Resources for Theory

Mariana Valverde · Social & Legal Studies · 2009 · 376 citations

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Disproportionate and Discriminatory: Reviewing the Evidence on Police Stop and Search

Ben Bowling, Coretta Phillips · Modern Law Review · 2007 · 359 citations · Full text

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Policing the empire: government, authority and control, 1830-1940

Choice Reviews Online · 1992 · 304 citations

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Authors

327

  1. BB
    Ben Bradford

    University College London, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 118 citations

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  2. CF
    Clare Farmer

    Deakin University, Australia

    4 publications · 69 citations

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  3. TW
    Tyler Wall

    Eastern Kentucky University, United States

    4 publications · 322 citations

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  4. BB
    Ben Bowling

    King's College London, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 384 citations

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  5. JT
    Jeffrey T. Martin

    University of Toronto, Canada

    3 publications · 81 citations

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Institutions

163

  1. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    707 citations

  2. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    464 citations

  3. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    97 citations

  4. Deakin University

    Burwood, Australia

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    179 citations

  5. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    122 citations

  6. Griffith University

    Brisbane, Australia

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    147 citations

  7. King's College London

    London, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    442 citations

  8. Eastern Kentucky University

    Richmond, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    362 citations

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Venues

  1. Policing & Society

    16 publications · 718 citations

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  2. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 11 publications · 194 citations

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  3. Theoretical Criminology

    7 publications · 448 citations

    7

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  4. Policing An International Journal

    PIJPSM · 7 publications · 257 citations

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  5. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 7 publications · 599 citations

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