Race, bias, and police use of the TASER: Exploring the available evidence

Race, Ethnicity, and Policing: New and Essential Readings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 382-404

  White, Michael D ^a   Saunders, Jessica ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

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