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

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

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996387712703316

Autore

Hart John, D.D.

Titolo

The Christians best garment, or, The putting on of the Lord Jesus Christ [[electronic resource] ] : wherein the absolute necessity, unparallel'd excellency, and admirable usefulness of Christ as a garment to believing souls,is briefly opened and applyed : secondly, the naked, miserable, lost, and undone condition of all unbelievers who have not put on this garment, discovered : thirdly and lastly, some few brief but powerful motives to perswade us to the putting on of this garment, with direction how to live to the glory of Christ here, that so we may live with Christ hereafter in glory / / by a godly, able, and faithful servant of Jesus Christ

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed for William Thackeray, T. Passenger, P. Brooksby, and J. Williamson, 1678

Descrizione fisica

[36] p., 1 leaf of plates : port

Soggetti

Christian life

Sermons, English - 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Portrait facing t.p.: John Hart, D.D.

Advertisement: p. [36].

Imperfect: tightly bound, and stained, with loss of print.

Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0014



3.

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

1-5044-0248-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (10 pages)

Collana

AIEE ; ; Number 27-1930

Disciplina

621.317

Soggetti

Electric switchgear

Lighting

Electric standards

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

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.