Perils of police action: a cautionary tale from US data sets

Objective: To count and characterise injuries resulting from legal intervention by US law enforcement personnel and injury ratios per 10 000 arrests or police stops, thus expanding discussion of excessive force by police beyond fatalities. Design: Ecological. Population: Those injured during US lega...

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Main Authors: Miller, Ted, Lawrence, B., Carlson, N., Hendrie, D., Randall, S., Rockett, I., Spicer, R.
Format: Journal Article
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/39703