Effects of incapacitant spray deployed in the restraint and arrest of detainees in the Metropolitan Police Service area, London, UK: A prospective study

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 62-68

  Payne James, J Jason ^a   Smith, Graham ^b   Rivers, Elizabeth ^c   O'Rourke, Sarah ^b   Stark, Margaret ^d   Sutcliffe, Nick ^e  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Applied Science and Technology   (United Kingdom)

^c GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e METROPOLITAN POLICE SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CS spray; Incapacitant spray; Irritant spray; PAVA spray; Police custody; Restraint; Use of force

Indexed keywords

2 CHLOROBENZYLIDENEMALONONITRILE; BENZYLAMINE DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID; IRRITANT AGENT; NONANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CRIME; DRUG EFFECT; EXERCISE; EYE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN; SKIN DISEASE; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROSOLS; BENZYLAMINES; CRIME; EYE; EYE DISEASES; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; O-CHLOROBENZYLIDENEMALONITRILE; POLICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893647225     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-013-9494-7     Document Type: Article

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