Police use of deadly force : analysing police 'encounters' in Mumbai

This study analyses the dynamics of the police decision to invoke deadly force in a particular situation called encounters, using the Mumbai police as a case study. Police encounters in India are officially portrayed as spontaneous, unplanned 'shoot-outs' between the police and alleged cri...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Belur, Jyoti
Published: London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London) 2007
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.498181