Weapons and Firearms in UK Law
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Police Force! An Examination of the Use of Force, Firearms and Less-Lethal Weapons by British Police
Since the turn of the century the police use of firearms has become increasingly scrutinised by the press and public. To answer the increasing demands for better policing of firearms situations, th...
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Testing the police model for the handling and use of firearms against non-police subjects
The use of firearms is an integral part of the police profession. The use of a gun, for example a standard firearm, imposes upon the user the need to know the relevant legal regulations (police aut...... ... –2012, gives results, conclusions and recommendationsregarding the model for training police officers in the use of firearms (semi-automatic weapons). Students from three yeargroups at the Faculty of Security in Skopje (Former Police Academy) participated in the research. The results ... ...
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A historical examination of police firearms
This study provides a historical examination of firearms in policing to understand how weapons have evolved within the American field. A search was conducted of historical newspaper databases and a...... ... , SUNY Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY, USA Abstract This study provides a historical examination of firearms in policing to understand how weapons have evolved within the American field. A search was conducted of historical newspaper databases and a small number of books and journal articles for ... ...
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Arming the police in Britain
In 2010 Derrick Bird shot and killed 12 people, as well as injuring a further 11, in Cumbria. A legitimate question that arose after the tragedy was whether the outcome would have been different if...... ... of public protection? Derrick Bird was licensed topossess his firearms. Is a more proportionate response amendments to the existingweapons ... of thepublic from either a random shooting by owners of licensed weapons such as DerrickBird, or a terrorist attack by groups such as Islamic State ... ...
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Norwegian police students’ attitudes towards armament
Whether the police should routinely carry firearms is an ongoing debate in Norway. Although the police can carry weapons under special circumstances and currently are temporarily armed, the normal ...... ... Abstract Whether the police should routinely carry firearms is an ongoing debate in Norway. Although the police can carry ... asking, ‘Should the police always carry weapons while ... ...
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The Criminal Use of Firearms in New Zealand
Early In 1997 a survey was conducted on 51 New Zealand prison inmates who had been convicted of illegal possession of a firearm, aggravated robbery with a firearm and murder with a firearm. Respond...... ... had been imprisoned and in seventy percent of cases the weapon had a sawn off butt or barrel.The next most common weapons used were pistols and rifles. Usage of military semi-automatics was rare.This research confirms that there is a large pool of ... ...
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Book Review: Weapons Law
... ... Firearms, explosives, crossbows, flick knives, coshes, etc., all receive due treatment with, as one would expect, the main emphasis being placed ... ...
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Book Review: The Children Act 1989
... ... WEAPONS LAW, 2nd edn, by J.B. Hill. Sweet & Maxwell. Softback £29.95. The ... Firearms, explosives, crossbows, flick knives, coshes, etc., all receive ... ...
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Book Review: Scotland Yard
... ... WEAPONS LAW, 2nd edn, by J.B. Hill. Sweet & Maxwell. Softback £29.95. The ... Firearms, explosives, crossbows, flick knives, coshes, etc., all receive ... ...
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Machetes and Firearms: The Organization of Massacres in Rwanda
This article is a quantitative study of the use of machetes and firearms during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, Kibuye Prefecture. The machete is an agricultural tool o...... ... genocide (location of atrocities, point in time during the genocide) determined the per- petrators’ use of modern rather than traditional weapons to kill individual victims. An original database developed by the organization of the survivors of the genocide (IBUKA) is used. The data were ... ...
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