×


 x 

Shopping cart
Jyoti Belur - Permission to Shoot?: Police Use of Deadly Force in Democracies - 9781441909749 - V9781441909749
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.

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

€ 147.96
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Permission to Shoot?: Police Use of Deadly Force in Democracies hardcover. This book explores police abuse and extrajudicial killings in major countries, especially India and the U.S. It is based on primary-source interviews with police officers, those involved in the killings, those who facilitate them, and mute spectators. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKV; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 516.

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 abuse of deadly force by concentrating on India and the United States, both large democracies and vibrant superpowers.

In the book, the research is based on primary sources—interviews with police ... Read more

Permission to Shoot? seeks to provide broad guidelines and recommendations for reforms in policing policy and practice in developing countries. The research peels back the lies and deceit that surround this issue, but more than that it shows how those lies and deceit act to support the practice itself.

Show Less

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer United States
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
Number of Pages
226
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781441909749
SKU
V9781441909749
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Jyoti Belur
Jyoti Belur is a Research Associate at the Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science, University College London in London, UK. After obtaining a Masters degree in Economics from the University of Mumbai, she briefly worked as a lecturer of Economics at that university. She then joined the Indian Police Service and served as a senior police officer in the North ... Read more

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

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


Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!