Policy and Training Recommendations Related to Police Use of CEDs: Overview of Findings From a Comprehensive National Study

Police Quarterly

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 235-259

  Alpert, Geoffrey P ^a   Dunham, Roger G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

conducted energy devices; use of force

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955748889     PISSN: 10986111     EISSN: 1552745X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098611110373993     Document Type: Article

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