Police taser utilization : the effect of policy change / / Michael E. Miller

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910953403103321
• Autore: Miller Michael E
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2010
• ISBN: 9781593326388; 1593326386; 9781593325589; 1593325584
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (183 pages)
• Collana: Criminal justice : recent scholarship
• Disciplina: 363.2/32
• Soggetti: Police - United States - Attitudes; Stun guns - United States; Police brutality - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-165) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Taser use by police : a continuing controversy -- A brief history of police use of force and summary of current research -- Examining taser use in one police agency -- Research study findings -- Conclusions and future implications.
• Sommario/riassunto: This work examines the effect of policy changes within the Use-of-Force Continuum on taser usage and officer's perceptions of taser effectiveness. Data from 890 encounters during two years were analyzed to examine how changes in policy have effected taser use. Findings support that after the change, the frequency of taser use decreased, while the levels of suspect resistance increased. The frequency and severity of suspect injuries did not change and the number of officers injured was unchanged. Officers perceived an increased risk of harm to themselves as a result of the change, but this was

A history of the laws of war . Volume 3 The customs and laws of war with regards to arms control / / Alexander Gillespie

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910955178703321
• Autore: Gillespie Alexander
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; Portland, Oregon : , : Hart Publishing, , 2011
• ISBN: 9786613529398; 9781847318633; 1847318630; 9781472565747; 1472565746; 9781280125539; 1280125535; 9781847318411; 184731841X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (181 p.)
• Disciplina: 341.6
• Soggetti: Arms control - History; Combatants and noncombatants (International law) - History; Prisoners of war - Legal status, laws, etc - History; War (International law) - History; War - Protection of civilians - History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- I. Conventional Weapons -- II. Weapons of Mass Destruction -- Conclusion.
• Sommario/riassunto: "This third volume deals with the question of the control of weaponry, from the Bronze Age to the Nuclear Age. In doing so, it divides into two parts: namely, conventional weapons and Weapons of Mass Destruction. The examination of the history of arms control of conventional weapons begins with the control of weaponry so that one side could achieve a military advantage over another. This pattern, which only began to change centuries after the advent of gunpowder, was later supplemented by ideals to control types of conventional ; weapons because their impacts upon opposing combatants were inhumane. By the late twentieth century, the concerns over inhumane conventional weapons were being supplemented by concerns over indiscriminate conventional weapons. The focus on indiscriminate weapons, when applied on a mass scale, is the core of the second part of the volume. Weapons of Mass Destruction are primarily weapons of the latter half of the twentieth century. Although both chemical and biological warfare have long historical lineages, it was only after the Second World War that technological developments meant that these weapons could be applied to cause large-scale damage to non-combatants. thi is unlike uclear weapons, which are a truly modern invention. Despite being the newest Weapon of Mass Destruction, they are also the weapon of which most international attention has been applied, although the frameworks by which they were contained in the last century, appear inadequate to address the needs of current times. As a work of reference this set of three books is unrivalled, and will be of immense benefit to scholars and practitioners researching and advising on the laws of warfare. It also tells a story which throws fascinating new light on the history of international law and on the history of warfare itself."--Bloomsbury Publishing.