{"product_id":"policing-firearms-new-perspectives-and-insights-9783031130120","title":"Policing \u0026 Firearms: New Perspectives and Insights","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePolicing and firearms: it is a crucial relationship. Should police be routinely armed? If so, what restrictions should be imposed on the use of firearms? Where police are not routinely armed, there is still a need for specialist armed police: how do these units operate, and are they effective?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis ground-breaking edited book explores the nexus between policing and firearms with a genuinely international focus. Contributors from Ireland, Germany, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Mexico, the United States, Venezuela, New Zealand, Australia, and Canada explore the issues from a range of perspectives, including human rights, militarization, police legitimacy, and the risks police firearms pose to the community and to police themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis thought-provoking collection is an indispensable resource for law enforcement policymakers and students of policing and criminal justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.            \u003cb\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eRichard Evans \u0026amp; Clare Farmer\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1: Policing, Firearms and Human Rights\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e2.            Unarmed Police: Myths, Rights and Realities\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e3.            Are the Brazilian Police Forces lethal weapons?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e4.            The Routine Arming of the Police in Britain, the Right to Life and the Security Theory of John Locke and Benedict de Spinoza\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e5.            Armed responses and Critical Shots: Learning lessons from Police involved shootings in England and Wales\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2: Policing, Firearms and Militarization\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e6.           ‘Gung-ho’? An examination of the move to militarise policing in Australia\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e7.            Direct and indirect militarization of public security in Mexico and gun use during arrests \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e8.            The myth of ‘routinely unarmed’ policing \u003c\/p\u003e  9.            Racism down the Barrel of the Colonial Gun \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 3: Policing, Firearms and Risk\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e10.          Access to firearms – A risk factor for police suicide? \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e11.          How do police die in Venezuela? A comprehensive analysis of the death by homicide of State security force\/policing officials \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e12\u003ci\u003e.          \u003c\/i\u003ePathways to preventing fatal police-involved shootings of people in mental health crisis \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e13.          ‘Facing death gave him new life’: On-screen police gun violence and Weapon Product Placement  \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 4: Policing, Firearms and Legitimacy\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  14.          Predictors of public reactions to armed police: Findings from the UK \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e15.          Armed police in an unarmed country: Legitimacy and self-legitimacy of English firearms officers \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e16.          Public Acceptance of Police Use of Deadly Force: An Exploratory Study \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e17.          Connecting officer appearance with officer safety: A survey of police officers’ perceptions of uniforms and accoutrements \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer International Publishing AG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742895112535,"sku":"9783031130120","price":132.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9783031130120.jpg?v=1758387192","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/policing-firearms-new-perspectives-and-insights-9783031130120","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}