TASERs and arrest-related deaths / Howard E. Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Howard E., author.

Series:

Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)

Criminal Justice Recent Scholarship

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Autopsy--United States.

Autopsy.

Forensic pathology--United States.

Forensic pathology.

Sudden death--United States.

Sudden death.

Police--United States.

Police.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

El Paso, Texas : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Williams examines TASER use and high-risk group theory, which posits that people with certain physiological attributes, such as heart disease, mental illness, or drug use, are at increased risk of sudden death following application of a TASER electronic control device (ECD). Data derived from autopsy reports indicate few differences in the presence of such attributes between arrest-related sudden deaths following the application of an ECD and arrest-related sudden deaths that did not involve an ECD. The notable exception was deaths involving excited delirium, which appeared statistically more often in ECD-proximate events.

Contents:

Arrest-related sudden death and high-risk group theory

What we know about arrest-related sudden death

What we know about TASER technology

Testing high-risk group theory

Research findings

Implications and conclusions.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781593327989

1593327986

OCLC:

900725311