What is less-lethal technology?
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Use of Force and Conducted Energy Devices - Interview with Geoffrey P. Alpert,  NIJ, March 2012, NCJ 238512.
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Comparing Safety Outcomes in Police Use-Of-Force Cases for Law Enforcement Agencies That Have Deployed Conducted Energy Devices and A Matched Comparison Group That Have Not: A Quasi-Experimental Evaluation,  NIJ-Sponsored, September 2009, NCJ 237965. (101 pages).
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Final Technical Report Draft: Assessing Police Use of Force Policy and Outcomes,  NIJ-Sponsored, May 2011, NCJ 237794. (287 pages).
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Special Panel Review of Excited Delirium,  NIJ-Sponsored, December 2011, NCJ 237637. (50 pages).
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Development of Standard for Less-lethal Kinetic Energy Rounds,  NIJ-Sponsored, September 2007, NCJ 236949. (7 pages).
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Effect of TASER on Cardiac, Respiratory and Metabolic Physiology in Human Subjects,  NIJ-Sponsored, April 2008, NCJ 236947. (29 pages).
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