Examining Less Lethal Force Policy and the Force Continuum: Results From a National Use-of-Force Study

Police Quarterly

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 38-65

  Terrill, William ^a   Paoline III, Eugene A ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

administrative rulemaking; coercion; police; policy; use of force

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873663144     PISSN: 10986111     EISSN: 1552745X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098611112451262     Document Type: Article

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