Permission to Shoot?: Police Use of Deadly Force in Democracies

by Jyoti Belur

Book Overview

Extrajudicial executions have blighted parts of the world for generations, but criminological coverage has been superficial and selective, in that it has concentrated on South America giving the impression that this is a problem specific to that part of the world and associated with military rule, dictatorial regimes and colonial heritage. Permission to Shoot?: Police Use of Deadly Force in Democracies brings a new dimension to the problem of police...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1493902342
• ISBN13: 9781493902347
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"