Permission to Shoot?; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Police and the Use of Deadly Force; Chapter 2: A Tale of Three Cities; Chapter 3: Policing and Organised Crime in Mumbai; Chapter 4: Defining Encounters; Chapter 5: Are Encounters Effective? Police Role and Police Image; Chapter 6: A Culture of Complicity? Social Attitudes Towards Encounters; Chapter 7: Justifying Encounters: The Theory of Denial; Chapter 8: Explaining Encounters: What Can We Do About Them?; Chapter 9: Appendix: Methodology; Bibliography; Index
Summary
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 i
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-216) and index
