Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-230) and index.
Contents
Politics, policing and crime as an issue in Northern Ireland after the peace process -- The republican movement: politics, crime and transition -- Loyalst paramilitaries: violence, crime and legitimacy -- 'Ordinary decent' organised and volume crime -- From RUC to PSNI. Police reform and modernization -- Policing serious and volume crime -- Political policing? The Organised Crime Task Force and the Assets Recovery Agency -- Counter-terrorist policing -- Conclusion.