Full Description
This volume provides a comprehensive examination and analysis of the concepts and issues related to police use of force, particularly the use of deadly force with a firearm, from multi-faceted and international perspectives. It explores innovative training, protocols, policies, tactical options for de-escalation, and recommendations for the restriction of the use of force by law enforcement officers in an effort to reduce the likelihood of injury to police, the pubic and criminal suspects. Additionally, it outlines tactics for effective crowd control at demonstrations and during riots. This book specifically delineates practical policy implications suggested from highly recognized professionals with extensive experience in policing, training and related research. It is ideal for graduate and upper level undergraduate students, scholars, academics, researchers, government and community leaders, and criminal justice and law enforcement administrators and policy makers.
Contents
0. Preface.- 1. Analyzing the Use of Deadly Force by Police in Canada and the United States.- 2. Analyzing and Understanding Police-Involved Shootings in the United States .- 3. Police Shootings, the Media and the Public.- 4. A Comparison of the Use of Force by Police: New Zealand and England & Wales.- 5. Big Data before its Time: The New Zealand Police Tactical Options Report Database.- 6. Police Training Options to Reduce Violence in Police-Suspect Encounters.- 7. Reporting Police Use of Conducted Energy Weapons to the Public: a Cross-Jurisdictional Comparison.- 8. Police and Protestors: Motives and Responses.- 9. An Examination of the Police Response to Riots and Violent Demonstrations in the United States.- 10. Soccer-related Violence: The Police Response in Australia and in the United Kingdom.- 11. Factors Influencing Assaults on New Zealand Police Officers.- 12. Assaults on Police Officers: A Review of the Predictors.- 13. When the Protectors become the Aggressors: PoliceBrutality in South Africa.- 14. Criminological Explanations for Police Officer Brutality and Criminality.- 15. The Use of Force by Police Officers in the Republic of Kosovo.- 16. The Effect of Police Accountability Measures on the Repeat Use of Excessive Force by Police Officers.- 17. Police-Community Relations: Policing amidst the Black Lives Matter Movement in the United States.- 18. The Negative Impact of Police Psycho-physiological Stressors.- 19. Afterword and Final Thoughts.
