| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. |
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 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
Police shootings - Great Britain |
Police - Great Britain |
Gun control - Great Britain |
Electronic books. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2. |
Record Nr. |
UNISA996280840803316 |
|
|
Titolo |
AIEE Number 27-1930 : AIEE Switchboards and Switching Equipment for Power and Light / / IEEE |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
Piscataway, NJ : , : IEEE, , 1930 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Descrizione fisica |
|
1 online resource (10 pages) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Collana |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disciplina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
Electric switchgear |
Lighting |
Electric standards |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
|
|
|
|
|
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
|
|
|
|
|
Sommario/riassunto |
|
The following Standards cover switchboards and switching equipment not specifically covered elsewhere as apparatus. These Standards do not apply to industrial control equipment or communication switchboards and switching equipment. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |