Taser Electronic Control Devices and Sudden In-custody Death : Separating Evidence from Conjecture.

Negative sentiment regarding conducted energy weapons is due largely to a lack of understanding about the technology behind such weapons and a misunderstanding of those weapons' physiological effects. Media accounts that speculatively associate sudden in-custody deaths with the use of conducted...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Williams, Howard E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Springfield : Charles C Thomas Publisher, LTD, 2008.
Temas:
Restraint of prisoners > United States > Case studies.
Prisoners > United States > Death > Case studies.
Stun guns > United States > Evaluation.
Nonlethal weapons > United States > Evaluation.
Prisonniers > Immobilisation > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Prisonniers > États-Unis > Mort > Études de cas.
Pistolets électriques > États-Unis > Évaluation.
Armes non meurtrières > États-Unis > Évaluation.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Law Enforcement.
Prisoners > Death.
Restraint of prisoners.
United States.
Case studies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Negative sentiment regarding conducted energy weapons is due largely to a lack of understanding about the technology behind such weapons and a misunderstanding of those weapons' physiological effects. Media accounts that speculatively associate sudden in-custody deaths with the use of conducted energy weapons only add to the confusion. TASER ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICES AND SUDDEN IN-CUSTODY DEATH documents 310 deaths in the United States proximate to the application of TASER electronic control devices from 1983 through 2006. The study examines the phenomenon of sudden death as it relates to ele.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (219 pages)
ISBN:9780398085025
0398085021

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