Shock value: A comparative analysis of news reports and official police records on TASER deployments

Policing

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 148-170

  Ready, Justin ^a   White, Michael D ^a   Fisher, Christopher ^a  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronically operated devices; Law enforcement; Legal process; Policing; Social problems; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 40549139130     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510810852620     Document Type: Article

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