Aug 19, 2014

Police and the use of Lethal Force in US

These are select posts starting from specific queries on NCJRS and NIJ websites pertaining to use of deadly force in police activity. I wasted some time a few days ago reading random stuff on the internet today. Now you can also waste your time this way:

This paper discusses use of non-lethal device use
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/237965.pdf (PDF download in new window)

Other areas with information: http://nij.gov/
 http://nij.gov/topics/Pages/a-z-index.aspx#A

On a slightly related note here is a research paper that discusses some (SC) assumptions about traffic stops.
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/jbs/Criminal%20Procedure%20in%20American%20Society/OfficersAssaulted.pdf (PDF download in new window)

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