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Shooting to Kill?

Policing, Firearms and Armed Response

Peter Squires author Peter Kennison author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:John Wiley & Sons Inc

Published:12th Mar '10

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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

"In summary, Squires and Kennison's book gives detailed and useful accounts of some of the major police shooting incidents of the last 20 years and some of the controversy and problems that surrounded them, particularly with regard to failures in police operations management...book will no doubt be of interest to a wide audience of students and policy makers concerned to understand more about such a widely misunderstood subject." (British Journal of Criminology, January 2011)

ISBN: 9780470779262

Dimensions: 250mm x 174mm x 19mm

Weight: 567g

260 pages