Police Use of Force and Officer Injuries: Comparing Conducted Energy Devices (CEDs) to Hands- and Weapon-Based Tactics

Police Quarterly

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 115-136

  Paoline III, Eugene A ^a   Terrill, William ^b   Ingram, Jason R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

conducted energy devices; officer injuries; police; TASER ; use of force

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860723391     PISSN: 10986111     EISSN: 1552745X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098611112442807     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Adams K.,Jennison V.What we do not know about police use of tasers.Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management. 2007;30:447-465.
2. Adang O. M.,Mensink J.Pepper spray: An unreasonable response to suspect verbal resistance.Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management. 2004;27:206-219.
3. Bozeman W. P.,Hauda W. E.,Heck J. J.,Graham D. D.,Martin B. P.,Winslow J. E.Safety and injury profile of conducted electrical weapons used by law enforcement officers against criminal suspects.Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2009;53:480-489.
4. Donnelly T.,Douse K.,Gardner M.,Wilkinson D.PSDB evaluation of taser devices. Hertfordshire, UK: Police Scientific Development Branch, Home Office Policing and Crime Reduction Group; 2002:.
5. Herbert S.Police subculture reconsidered.Criminology. 1998;36:343-369.
6. Hickman M. J.,Reaves B. A.Local police departments 2000. Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics; 2006:.
7. Kaminski R. J.Research on conducted energy devices: Findings, methods, and a possible alternative.Criminology & Public Policy. 2009;8:903-913.
8. Kaminski R. J.,Sorensen D. W.A Multivariate analysis of individual, situational and environmental factors associated with police assault injuries.American Journal of Police. 1995;14:3-48.
9. Lin Y. S.,Jones T. R.Electronic control devices and use of force outcomes: Incidence of severity of use of force, and frequency of injuries to arrestees and police officers.Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management. 2010;33:152-178.
10. MacDonald J. M.,Kaminski R. J.,Smith M. R.The effect of less-lethal weapons on injuries in police use-of-force events.American Journal of Public Health. 2009;99:2268-2274.
11. Study of deaths following electro muscular disruption: Interim report. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs; 2008:.
12. Paoline E. A.,Terrill W.Police education, experience, and the use of force.Criminal Justice and Behavior. 2007;34:179-196.
13. Comparing safety outcomes in police use-of-force cases for law enforcement agencies that have deployed conducted energy devices and a matched comparison group that have not: A quasi-experimental evaluation. Washington, DC: Author; 2009:.
14. Riksheim E. C.,Chermak S. M.Causes of police behavior revisited.Journal of Criminal Justice. 1993;21:353-382.
15. Smith M. R.,Kaminski R. J.,Rojek J.,Alpert G. P.,Mathis J.The impact of conducted energy devices and other types of force and resistance on officer and suspect injuries.Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management. 2007;30:423-446.
16. Snipes J.,Maguire E. R.Criminal justice theory: Explaining the nature and behavior of criminal justice. Duffee D. E.Maguire E. R., ed. New York, NY: Routledge; 2007:27-49.
17. Taser International (2009). TASER electronic control devices (ECDs): Field data and risk management. Retrieved from www.taser.com/company/pressroom/Documents/Injury%20Reduction%20Stats%20PUBLIC%2003%2005%2009.pdf.
18. Taylor B.,Woods T. J.Injuries to officers and suspects in police use-of-force cases: A quasi-experimental evaluation.Police Quarterly. 2010;13:260-289.
19. Terrill W.Police coercion: Application of the force continuum. New York: LFB Scholarly; 2001:.
20. Terrill W.,Mastrofski S. D.Situational and officer based determinants of police coercion.Justice Quarterly. 2002;19:101-134.
21. Terrill W.,Paoline E. A. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology; 2006Los Angeles, CA; 2006.
22. Terrill W.,Paoline E. A.Conducted energy devices (CEDs) and citizen injuries: The shocking empirical reality.Justice Quarterly. 2012;29:153-182.
23. Terrill W.,Paoline E. A.,Ingram J.Final technical report: Assessing police use of force policy and outcomes. Washington, DC: National Institute of Justice; 2011:.
24. Taser weapons: Use of tasers by selected law enforcement agencies. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice; 2005:.
25. Vilke G. M.,Chan T. C.Less lethal technology: Medical issues.Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management. 2007;30:341-357.
26. Westley W. A.Violence and the police: A sociological study of law, custom, and morality. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press; 1970:.
27. White M. D.,Ready J.Examining fatal and nonfatal incidents involving the TASER: Identifying predictors of suspect death reported in the media.Criminology & Public Policy. 2009;8:865-891.
28. White M. D.,Ready J.The impact of the Taser on suspect resistance: Identifying predictors of effectiveness.Crime & Delinquency. 2010;56:70-102.
29. Worden R. E.Police violence: Understanding and controlling police abuse of force. Geller W. A.Toch H. H., ed. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press; 1996:23-51.