Chapter 1 The edge of the knife: force, the state and police power.- Chapter 2 Friendly persuasion: The minimum force tradition.- Chapter 3 As well armed as the criminal: the armed tradition.- Chapter 4 Is the community safer if police are routinely armed?.- Chapter 5 Are police safer if they are routinely armed?.- Chapter 6 The Devil's Right Hand: the place of guns in culture.- Chapter 7 The impossible dream? Towards minimum-force policing. ...