What we do not know about police use of Tasers™

Policing

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 447-465

  Adams, Kenneth ^a   Jennison, Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Police; Policing; Weapons

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548232143     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510710778831     Document Type: Article

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