Assessing the incapacitative effects of pepper spray during resistive encounters with the police

Policing

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-29

  Kaminski, Robert J ^a   Edwards, Steven M ^b   Johnson, James W ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE   (United States)

^b Baltimore County Police Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Police; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040559711     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639519910257801     Document Type: Article

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