Maurice Punch: 3 books
State Violence, Collusion and the Troubles
Counter Insurgency, Government Deviance and Northern Ireland
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2012
The period in Northern Ireland known as 'the Troubles' (1968-98) seemed to have been conclusively ended by the official peace process. But recent violence from dissident Republicans shows that tensions from the past remain unresolved.
State Violence, Collusion and the Troubles reveals disturbing...
Police Corruption
Exploring Police Deviance and Crime
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Policing and corruption are inseparable. This book argues that corruption is not one thing but covers many deviant and criminal practices in policing which also shift over time. It rejects the 'bad apple' metaphor and focuses on 'bad orchards', meaning not individual but institutional failure. For...
Shoot to kill
Police accountability, firearms and fatal force
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2010
The shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes at Stockwell underground station in 2005 raised acute issues about operational practice, legitimacy, accountability and policy making regarding police use of fatal force. It dramatically exposed a policy, referred to popularly as 'shoot to kill', which came...