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Guns, Gun Violence and Gun HomicidesThe Use of Lethal Police Force and Its Consequences for the Mentally Ill and Vulnerable Groups in St. Lucia

Guns, Gun Violence and Gun Homicides: The Use of Lethal Police Force and Its Consequences for the... [One of the developments in policing in what was historically a relatively tranquil country of St. Lucia, in the Eastern Caribbean, has been the rise in gun-related violence and homicides. A critical set of issues conveniently hidden in the homicide rate is the matter of the deadly use of force by the police against sections of society. This chapter explores the use and abuse of fatal violence by means of firearms by the Royal St. Lucia Police Force (RSLPF) against sections of the population, and in particular the mentally ill. The central thesis of the chapter is in weak policing institutions characterized by poor regulation, and professional practice, armed police are more likely to respond with fatal violence to threats or if opposed, which increases the vulnerability of particular sections of the community and exacerbated by the lack of public accountability. Specific steps adopted by the RSLPF to reduce the deadly interaction between police officers and the mentally ill will be explored. The chapter draws on data obtained from a number of research projects in St. Lucia and utilizes both published and unpublished data.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Guns, Gun Violence and Gun HomicidesThe Use of Lethal Police Force and Its Consequences for the Mentally Ill and Vulnerable Groups in St. Lucia

Part of the Palgrave Studies in Risk, Crime and Society Book Series
Editors: Wallace, Wendell C.
Stanislas, Perry
Guns, Gun Violence and Gun Homicides — Dec 12, 2021
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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
ISBN
978-3-030-84517-9
Pages
137 –159
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-84518-6_6
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Abstract

[One of the developments in policing in what was historically a relatively tranquil country of St. Lucia, in the Eastern Caribbean, has been the rise in gun-related violence and homicides. A critical set of issues conveniently hidden in the homicide rate is the matter of the deadly use of force by the police against sections of society. This chapter explores the use and abuse of fatal violence by means of firearms by the Royal St. Lucia Police Force (RSLPF) against sections of the population, and in particular the mentally ill. The central thesis of the chapter is in weak policing institutions characterized by poor regulation, and professional practice, armed police are more likely to respond with fatal violence to threats or if opposed, which increases the vulnerability of particular sections of the community and exacerbated by the lack of public accountability. Specific steps adopted by the RSLPF to reduce the deadly interaction between police officers and the mentally ill will be explored. The chapter draws on data obtained from a number of research projects in St. Lucia and utilizes both published and unpublished data.]

Published: Dec 12, 2021

Keywords: Gun crime; Vulnerable groups; Mentally ill; Police violence; Police accountability

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