Impact of pepper spray availability on police officer use-of-force decisions

Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 136-148

  Lumb, Richard C ^a   Friday, Paul C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Police; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986078097     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639519710162051     Document Type: Article

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