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Record Nr.

UNINA9910140609903321

Autore

Squires Peter

Titolo

Shooting to kill? : policing, firearms and armed response / / Peter Squires, Peter Kennison

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

0-470-97584-9

1-282-55105-1

9786612551055

0-470-66148-8

0-470-66147-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (251 p.)

Disciplina

363.232

Soggetti

Police shootings - Great Britain

Police - Great Britain

Gun control - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Shooting to Kill?; Contents; Preface; About the Authors; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: The Hardest Job in Policing?; Timeline on Police Weapons and Firearms; 2. The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes and 'Operation Kratos'; 3. Old Myths and Changing Realities; 4. Shootings, Policy Shifts and Competing Pressures; 5. Police Politics and Morale; 6. Policing in a 'Gun Culture'? Policing of Guns and Policing with Guns; 7. Intelligence Dilemmas, Armed Response Policy and Research; 8. Critical Case Studies of Selected Police-involved Shooting Incidents

9. Concluding Themes: Losing by Appearing to Win?Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 manualsIncludes



interviews with senior police firearms managers and critical case studies of police firearms incidentsFeatures the first in-depth, academic analysis of the Stockwell shooting incident and the Kratos policyProvides a review of key developments in armed response policing around the worldDescribes