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Shoot to Kill: Police accountability, firearms and fatal force - Softcover

Punch, Maurice

 
9781847424723: Shoot to Kill: Police accountability, firearms and fatal force
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1847424724 ISBN 13: 9781847424723
Publisher: Policy Press, 2010

Synopsis

The shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes at Stockwell underground station in 2005 raised acute issues about operational practice, legitimacy, accountability and policy making regarding police use of fatal force. It dramatically exposed a policy, referred to popularly as 'shoot to kill', which came not from Parliament but from the non-statutory ACPO (Association of Chief Police Officers). This vital and timely book unravels these often misunderstood matters with a fresh look at firearms practice and policy in a traditionally 'unarmed' police service. It is essential reading for all those interested in the state's role in defining coercion and in policing a democracy.

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About the Author

Maurice Punch (London School of Economics) has taught, researched and published widely in the UK, US and Netherlands on policing, police corruption and corporate crime

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Publisher
Policy Press
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1847424724
ISBN 13 
9781847424723
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
264

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