Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology

Shooting to Kill: Policing, Firearms and Armed Response

Name: Shooting to Kill: Policing, Firearms and Armed Response
Author: Peter Squires
ISBN: 9780470975848

by Peter Squires, Peter Kennison

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Overview

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

About the Author, Peter Squires

Peter Squires is Professor of Criminology and Public Policy at the University of Brighton. He has published a number of books, including Gun Culture or Gun Control and Community Safety. Squires’ recent work has focused upon gun crime and policing, and gangs and anti-social behaviour.

Peter Kennison is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Criminology and Sociology at Middlesex University. He is also Undergraduate Programme Leader for Criminal Justice and Criminology, and Policing. Kennison was a police officer in London for over 25 years.

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"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)