The impact of the taser on suspect resistance: Identifying predictors of effectiveness

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-102

  White, Michael D ^a   Ready, Justin ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Conducted energy device (CED); Less than lethal weapons; Police use of force; Taser

Indexed keywords

EID: 70949105004     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128707308099     Document Type: Article

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