Sudden Deaths in Custody

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ross, Darrell L. (Editor), Chan, Theodore C. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2006.
• Series: Forensic Science and Medicine
• Subjects: Medicine.; Forensic medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; Forensic Medicine.

Sudden custodial deaths in the wake of violent restraint encounters have emerged as a critical issue for police, correctional, and medical care workers around the world. In Sudden Deaths in Custody, leading researchers and experts review the medical, legal, psychological, and administrative aspects...

Table of Contents:

• The Nature of Sudden In-Custody Deaths
• Medical Overview of Sudden In-Custody Deaths
• Neck Holds
• Positional and Restraint Asphyxia
• Restraint Stress
• The Role of Illicit Drug Use in Sudden In-Custody Death
• Excited Delirium
• Riot Control Agents, Tasers, and Other Less Lethal Weapons
• Case Analysis of Restraint Deaths in Law Enforcement and Corrections
• Deaths in Custody Investigations
• Liability and Wrongful In-Custody Deaths
• Administrative Implications.