Policing & Firearms: New Perspectives And Insights

Policing 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? This 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. This thought-provoking collection is an indispensable resource for law enforcement policymakers and students of policing and criminal justice.

• | Author: Clare Farmer, Richard Evans
• | Publisher: Springer
• | Publication Date: Nov 01, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 420 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 303113012X
• | ISBN-13: 9783031130120