Shoot to Kill: Police Accountability, Firearms and Fatal Force

by Maurice Punch

Book Overview

The shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes at Stockwell underground station in 2005 raised acute issues about operational practice, legitimacy, accountability and policy making regarding police use of fatal force. It dramatically exposed a policy, referred to popularly as 'shoot to kill', which came not from Parliament but from the non-statutory ACPO (Association of Chief Police Officers). This vital and timely book unravels these often misunderstood...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847424732
• ISBN13: 9781847424730
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"