Policing & Firearms: New Perspectives and Insights

Book Overview

Policing and firearms: it is a crucial relationship. Should police be routinely armed? If so, what restrictions should be imposed on the use of firearms? Where police are not routinely armed, there is still a need for specialist armed police: how do these units operate, and are they effective?

This ground-breaking edited book explores the nexus between policing and firearms with a genuinely international focus. Contributors from Ireland, Germany, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Mexico, the United States, Venezuela, New Zealand, Australia, and Canada explore the issues from a range of perspectives, including human rights, militarization, police legitimacy, and the risks police firearms pose to the community and to police themselves.

This thought-provoking collection is an indispensable resource for law enforcement policymakers and students of policing and criminal justice.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031130154
• ISBN13: 9783031130151
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 407 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"