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Title: Shooting to Kill?
Condition: New
Subtitle: Policing, Firearms and Armed Response
Author: Peter Squires, Peter Kennison
Format: Hardback
EAN: 9780470779262
ISBN: 9780470779262
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Social Sciences
Release Date: 12/03/2010
Description: 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

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