Shooting to Kill?: Policing, Firearms and Armed Response - Softcover

?This timely book provides an insightful and accessible overview of a widely misunderstood subject: police use of firearms. It deserves to become essential reading for students, academics, policy makers, politicians and police officers as well as for a wider public concerned about police use of deadly force.? ? Maurice Punch, Visiting Professor, Mannheim Centre LSE and School of Law, King?s College London

Shooting to Kill? Policing, Firearms and Armed Responseexplores the dilemma of armed response policing in the UK, andpolicing in a gun culture. * Offers the first critical exploration of the ACPO code ofguidance on Police Use of Firearms and other tactical manuals * Includes interviews with senior police firearms managers andcritical case studies of police firearms incidents * Features the first in-depth, academic analysis of the Stockwellshooting incident and the Kratos policy * Provides a review of key developments in armed responsepolicing around the world * Describes the crucial phases in armed response policydevelopment in Britain and explores the consequences of arming thepolice