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oapen-20.500.12657-759682024-03-28T09:42:03Z Electric-Shock Weapons, Tasers and Policing Dymond, Abi Electric-shock technologies Non-human agency Officer decision making Police Accountability Police Culture Police Discretion Police Firearms Police Use of Force Science and Technology Studies TASER Building on five years of research, and drawing on criminology, science and technology studies (STS), socio-legal studies and social psychology, this book is the first non-medical book written on electric-shock weapons, of which the best well known is the TASER brand. The police’s ability to use force is one of their most crucial powers, yet one that has been relatively neglected by criminology. This book challenges some of the myths surrounding the use of these weapons and considers their human rights implications and impact on members of the public and officers alike. Drawing on STS, it also considers the role and impact of electric-shock technologies, examines the extent to which technologies and non-human agency may also play a role in shaping officer decision making and discretion, and contributes to long standing debates about police accountability. This is essential reading for policing scholars around the world, particularly those engaged with use of force, culture and accountability, as well as those engaged with Science and Technology studies. 2023-08-31T08:43:10Z 2023-08-31T08:43:10Z 2022 book ONIX_20230831_9781000480443_33 9781000480443 9780367433871 9781032134598 9781003002864 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/75968 eng Routledge Studies in Policing and Society application/pdf n/a 9781000480443.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003002864 10.4324/9781003002864 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb c1f2565c-65c6-4339-be4d-3b9878be853f 9781000480443 9780367433871 9781032134598 9781003002864 Routledge 202 [...] University of Exeter open access
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Building on five years of research, and drawing on criminology, science and technology studies (STS), socio-legal studies and social psychology, this book is the first non-medical book written on electric-shock weapons, of which the best well known is the TASER brand. The police’s ability to use force is one of their most crucial powers, yet one that has been relatively neglected by criminology. This book challenges some of the myths surrounding the use of these weapons and considers their human rights implications and impact on members of the public and officers alike. Drawing on STS, it also considers the role and impact of electric-shock technologies, examines the extent to which technologies and non-human agency may also play a role in shaping officer decision making and discretion, and contributes to long standing debates about police accountability. This is essential reading for policing scholars around the world, particularly those engaged with use of force, culture and accountability, as well as those engaged with Science and Technology studies.
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