Taser electronic control devices and sudden in-custody death : separating evidence from conjecture / by Howard E. Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Howard E., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Restraint of prisoners--United States--Case studies.

Restraint of prisoners.

Prisoners--United States--Death--Case studies.

Prisoners.

Stun guns--United States--Evaluation.

Stun guns.

Nonlethal weapons--United States--Evaluation.

Nonlethal weapons.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (219 p.)

Place of Publication:

Springfield, Illinois : Charles C Thomas, Publisher, Ltd., 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

TASER® AND SUDDENIN-CUSTODY DEATH; CONTENTS; Chapter 1 SUDDEN IN-CUSTODY DEATH; Chapter 2 CONDUCTED ENERGY WEAPONS; Chapter 3 CASE STUDIES; Chapter 4 ANALYSIS OF CASE STUDY DATA; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-398-08502-1

OCLC:

689995698