The impact of conducted energy devices and other types of force and resistance on officer and suspect injuries

Policing

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 423-446

  Smith, Michael R ^a   Kaminski, Robert J ^a   Rojek, Jeffrey ^a   Alpert, Geoffrey P ^a   Mathis, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Law enforcement; Weapons

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548239618     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510710778822     Document Type: Article

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