Permission to Shoot? Police Use of Deadly Force in Democracies /
Extrajudicial executions by law enforcement officers have blighted parts of the world for generations, but criminological coverage has been superficial and selective. It has often been presented as a problem specific to countries associated with military rule, dictatorial regimes and colonial herita...
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2010.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2010. |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0975-6 |
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Table of Contents:
- Police and the Use of Deadly Force
- A Tale of Three Cities
- Policing and Organised Crime in Mumbai
- Defining Encounters
- Are Encounters Effective? Police Role and Police Image
- A Culture of Complicity? Social Attitudes Towards Encounters
- Justifying Encounters: The Theory of Denial
- Explaining Encounters: What Can We Do About Them?
- Appendix: Methodology.