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

• Main Author: Belur, Jyoti (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Political science.; Criminology.; Social Sciences.; Criminology & Criminal Justice.; Political Science.

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:

• Police and the Use of Deadly Force
• A Tale of Three Cities
• Policing and Organised Crime in Mumbai
• Defining Encounters
• Are Encounters Effective? Police Role and Police Image
• A Culture of Complicity? Social Attitudes Towards Encounters
• Justifying Encounters: The Theory of Denial
• Explaining Encounters: What Can We Do About Them?
• Appendix: Methodology.