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

• Main Author: Belur, Jyoti. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Criminology.; Social Sciences.; Criminology & Criminal Justice.; Political Science, general.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0975-6

Extrajudicial executions by law enforcement officers have blighted parts of the world for generations, but criminological coverage has been superficial and selective. It has often been presented as a problem specific to countries associated with military rule, dictatorial regimes and colonial herita...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Theoretical Framework
• Chapter 2: Case Studies: The City of Mumbai and its Police and the Sean Bell Case
• Chapter 3: Officers Perceptions of Encounters Involving the Use of Force
• Chapter 4: Public Opinion and the Role of the Police in Society
• Chapter 5: Justifications for Deadly Encounters: Denial Theory
• Chapter 6: A Permissive Culture: Claimsmakers and the Passive Acceptance of Encounters
• Chapter 7: Implications for Policing in Democratic Societies
• Appendix: Methods and Methodological Issues
• Bibliography.