Peter Squires, Peter Kennison

eBook, PDF

Shooting to Kill? (eBook, PDF)

Policing, Firearms and Armed Response

Beschreibung

Shooting to Kill? Policing, Firearms and Armed Response explores the dilemma of armed response policing in the UK, and policing in a gun culture. * Offers the first critical exploration of the ACPO code of guidance on Police Use of Firearms and other tactical manuals * Includes interviews with senior police firearms managers and critical case studies of police firearms incidents * Features the first in-depth, academic analysis of the Stockwell shooting incident and the Kratos policy * Provides a review of key developments in armed response policing around the world * Describes the crucial phases in armed response policy development in Britain and explores the consequences of arming the police

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Autor

Peter Squires is Professor of Criminology and Public Policy at the University of Brighton. He has published a number of books, including Gun Culture or Gun Control and Community Safety. Squires' recent work has focused upon gun crime and policing, and gangs and anti-social behaviour.

Peter Kennison was a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Criminology and Sociology at Middlesex University. He was also Undergraduate Programme Leader for Criminal Justice and Criminology, and Policing. Kennison was a police officer in London for over 25 years.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Februar 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470661475
• Artikelnr.: 38214076

Rezensionen

"In summary, Squires and Kennison's book gives detailed and usefulaccounts of some of the major police shooting incidents of the last20 years and some of the controversy and problems that surroundedthem, particularly with regard to failures in police operationsmanagement...book will no doubt be of interest to a wide audienceof students and policy makers concerned to understand more aboutsuch a widely misunderstood subject." (British Journal ofCriminology, January 2011)

'This timely book provides an insightful and accessibleoverview of a widely misunderstood subject: police use of firearms.It deserves to become essential reading for students, academics,policy makers, politicians and police officers as well as for awider public concerned about police use of deadlyforce.'
-- Maurice Punch, Visiting Professor, Mannheim Centre LSE andSchool of Law, King's College London

'A tour de force analysis and discussion of the practical,political, legal and ethical issues raised by police shootings.Grounded in extensive knowledge of the historical and comparativeresearch on this acutely controversial problem, this book offersconcerned readers - whether academics, policy-makers orpolicing practitioners - a thoughtful and thorough review ofthe problems by two leading experts.'
--Professor Robert Reiner, The London School of Economics andPolitical Science, UK