Shooting to Kill?: Policing, Firearms and Armed Response

"In summary, Squires and Kennison's book gives detailed and useful accounts of some of the major police shooting incidents of the last 20 years and some of the controversy and problems that surrounded them, particularly with regard to failures in police operations management...book will no doubt be of interest to a wide audience of students and policy makers concerned to understand more about such a widely misunderstood subject." (British Journal of Criminology, January 2011)

‘This timely book provides an insightful and accessible overview of a widely misunderstood subject: police use of firearms. It deserves to become essential reading for students, academics, policy makers, politicians and police officers as well as for a wider public concerned about police use of deadly force.’
— Maurice Punch, Visiting Professor, Mannheim Centre LSE and School of Law, King’s College London

'A tour de force analysis and discussion of the practical, political, legal and ethical issues raised by police shootings. Grounded in extensive knowledge of the historical and comparative research on this acutely controversial problem, this book offers concerned readers – whether academics, policy-makers or policing practitioners – a thoughtful and thorough review of the problems by two leading experts.'
—Professor Robert Reiner, The London School of Economics and Political Science, UK