Shoot to kill : police accountability, firearms and fatal force / Maurice Punch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Punch, Maurice.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Police shootings.

Firearms.

Firearms--Law and legislation.

Physical Description:

xix, 244 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Portland, OR : Policy Press, 2011.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Police, state, fatal force and accountability 1

Policing and the gun 1

Police, state and fatal force 4

Shoot to kill 6

Sussex and Gibraltar: Fatal force and accountability 12

Lessons for operations and for accountability 21

Chapter 2 Firearms in British and Dutch policing 25

Peel and benign Bobbies 25

Developments in firearms policy and practice 26

Deployment of firearms in Britain 44

The Netherlands: Shoot to live 51

The British way: Restraint and 'playing it long' 63

Chapter 3 Police use of firearms: Deadly guns, scenarios and 'mistakes' 69

To arm or not to arm? 70

Legally held firearms and massacres: Dunblane and Hungerford 74

Police use of firearms and weaponry 77

Weapons and violence: The US 79

Militarisation 84

Firearms: Injury and death 85

Scenarios for armed policing 89

Difficulties with police using firearms: Tension, emotion and distortion 97

'Mistakes' and their significance 105

Comment: Guns and deaths: Controversy and learning 113

Chapter 4 Rights, command and accountability 125

International HR law: The 'right to life' principle 126

Legal accountability 129

'Corporate manslaughter' 131

Operational accountability 132

Investigations 137

Oversight 141

Conclusion: A culture of accountability? 144

Chapter 5 The military paradigm: Stockwell, Kratos and the aftermath 149

The military paradigm: 'Close-combat style' operations 149

Stockwell: The external context 156

The 'Kratos' policy 160

The Stockwell shooting: Key elements that shaped fault 163

Kratos or not? 171

The aftermath of Stockwell 174

Chapter 6 Conclusion: From Bobby to Robocop? 183

Pre- and post-Kratos policy 184

ACPO and firearms 187

Where is the debate? 194

From Bobby to Robocop? 197.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-229) and index.

ISBN:

9781847424723

1847424724

9781847424730

1847424732

OCLC:

578648131