... Limited 2012 Gun crime Gun possession arrests Time series analysis Hot spots Weapons Crimes Crime rates Police United States of America Despite reductions in serious violent crime between the mid‐1990s and mid‐2000s in the US, gun violence remains a significant crime and public...

...Mary Dodge; Laura Valcore; Frances Gomez Purpose This article aims to examine male and female police officers' perspectives concerning women participating on special weapons and tactical (SWAT) teams. The study seeks to explore differences in opinions on a woman's ability to gain entrance...

...Bruce Taylor; Geoffrey Alpert; Bruce Kubu; Daniel Woods; Roger G. Dunham Purpose Few studies track non‐lethal weapon use by law enforcement agencies (LEAs), the number/level of force used by these agencies, complaints for excessive force, and injuries to officers and suspects, both over time...

... in concealed weapons studies has been the state. This level of aggregation obscures important differences between the various municipalities within each state. A better approach is to analyze a smaller unit such as a county or city (Hood and Neeley, 2000 ; Lott, 2000 ; Zimring and Hawkins, 1997). The present...

.... Chappell can be contacted at: achappel@odu.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Community policing Training Government agencies Curricula Weapons United States of America Shooting. Defensive tactics. Mechanics of arrest. This is what comes to mind when most of us hear...

... inform the public debate on the utility of CEDs for law enforcement. Michael R. Smith can be contacted at: mrsmith@gwm.sc.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Law enforcement Weapons hands‐on tactics; or weapons (gun/other weapon). The examination...

...Gary M. Vilke; Theodore C. Chan Purpose Less lethal weapons have become a critical tool for law enforcement when confronting dangerous, combative individuals in the field. The purpose of this paper is to review the medical aspects and implications of three different types of less lethal weapons...

... (Engel and Silver, 2001). This, in turn, led to an increase in the number of situations in which police officers were called upon to deal with mentally and emotionally agitated individuals – many of whom were clearly suicidal – who had armed themselves with dangerous weapons such as knives, swords...

...Robert Kaminski; Raymond L. Downs Purpose To provide a comprehensive picture of the wide range of technical, operational, and management issues that must be considered when developing, acquiring or using less lethal weapons for law enforcement agencies. Design/methodology/approach The source...

...@gwm.sc.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Law enforcement Civil law Liability Weapons United States of America As he was in midair leaping over the fence, he was Tasered in the back by Officer Comfort and was immediately handcuffed by Officer Ferguson. Meanwhile, thinking...

... is necessary to maintain the integrity of the technology, protect officer and citizen safety, and encourage the use of less‐than‐lethal force. Originality/value This paper calls attention to the dearth of research on Taser use in policing, while discussing the challenge of implementing new weapon...

... is retained in memory. Ingemar Karlsson can be contacted at: ingemar.karlsson@phs.police.se © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Police Weapons Memory Stress Crimes On the evening of June 10, 1994, second lieutenant Mattias Flink had a few drinks at the home of one of his...

.... Design/methodology/approach A pistol was fitted with sensors to register the pressure exerted on both the hand‐stock and the trigger of the weapon. Participants then performed 13 different tasks, each of which required the use of different limbs while holding the prepared weapon. Findings Results...

... and/or protracted lawsuits. Learning more about firearm and deadly force training therefore has important implications for officer and public safety. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Qualification Police Policing Weapons Pre‐service academy training spans a wide range of job‐tasks...

... to a difference in grip strength. The influence of grip strength on marksmanship scores was small but constant throughout the grip strength range of the police recruits. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Police Training Weapons Strength From 1989‐1998, a total of 682 police officers in the USA were...

... the genders were analyzed together. A step‐wise multiple regression could not generate an equation to predict shooting score from the available data. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Recruitment Police Weapons Training Subjects participating in this study were members of four separate classes...