Thesis (M.S.)--Northern Michigan University, 2009. / Bibliography: leaves 51-55.

Thesis--PlanB (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Washington State University, December 2009. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on Feb. 12, 2010). "School of Economic Sciences." Includes bibliographical references (p. 64-66).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 254-264). Also available on the Internet.

Tesis (licenciatura en derecho)--Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.P.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 102-106).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 1998. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 310-327). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.

Thesis (Ed. D.)--University of Oklahoma, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 59-63).

This thesis examines the impact of politically motivated terrorism on the police service in Great Britain and Northern Ireland since 1969. During the period reviewed, changes to the police philosophy in the United Kingdom have been dramatic. An increasingly militarized role for the police reflects increased levels of violence in society. Manpower shortages resulted in the replacement of pro-active policing in the mid-1960's, with a re-active variety based on enhanced mobility. Terrorism is a manifestation of the determination of minority groups in society to draw attention to their cause. Their acts constitute the most serious crimes known to British law. Terrorism demands, it does not ask. It is this priority that terrorism creates on police resources, which produces clear evidence of its direct influence on police evolution during the past two decades. The existence of an Anti-Terrorist Squad, the creation of facilities at New Scotland Yard to collate terrorist related intelligence gathered nationally and internationally, are evidence of the specialization which now exists to counter this threat. In order to manage the changed philosophy behind the specialization, technological improvement and large increases in resources (including manpower), there is a trend towards a new type of top level police manager capable of integrating the enhanced services. This thesis examines and analyzes a number of incidents involving terrorists. It draws conclusions about the police response to those incidents and their influence on the day to day function of the police and takes account of the impact of governmental and international constraints and pressures. The Northern Ireland case study examines the circumstances which inspired the total reconstruction of the Royal Ulster Constabulary. The influence of the continued activities of parliamentary terrorist groups in the province, on the reconstruction process, is regarded as central to this study.

This research seeks to examine the difference in meaning of policing between two different generations in Hong Kong. When we look into the history of Hong Kong police, the police force has experienced two major historical changes, being the shift from a paramilitary force to a service-oriented organization in 1995; and the transition from Royal Police to the HKSAR Police Force in 1997. These changes are critical in constructing the idea of policing in Hong Kong. Concerning people’s expectations, it is important to note that different generations that have or have not experienced these changes should have formed different views to the idea of policing. Based on the in-depth interviews with 20 local residence, in which half of them are 18-year-old or above in 1997 and the others are below 25-year-old at the time of interview, this research identifies three main differences in their understandings of policing: (i) Younger generation focuses more on civil right and older generation focuses more on social stability; (ii) Younger generation tends to politicalize police action; and (iii) Younger generation expects policing to be more diversified. / published_or_final_version / Criminology / Master / Master of Social Sciences