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The arms trade and international criminal law: reframing accountability for complicit weapon suppliers.
ebook - Hamilton, T. 2025. Oxford, OUP.
Statutory guidance to police on firearms licensing. Government response to consultation
Guidance - Home Office. 2021.
Policing & Firearms : New Perspectives and Insights
eBook - Farmer, C. & Evans, R. 2023. Switzerland : Springer.
An experimental study of responses to armed police in Great Britain
Article - Yesberg, J. A et. al. Journal of Experimental Criminology. 17(1) pp. 1 - 13
Do police need guns? Policing and firearms: past, present and future.
Ebook - Evans, R. & Farmer, C. Springer, 2021.
An analysis of the effectiveness and use by the New Zealand Police of the TASER from 2009 to 2017 - Garth den Heyer
International Journal of Police Science and Management, 20 August 2020
‘The flaw in the Taser debate is the Taser debate’: what do we know about Taser in the UK, and how significant are the gaps in our knowledge?
Article - Policing: A Journal of Policy & Practice, Vol. 8 no. 2, 2014, p165-173.
What we do not know about police use of Tasers™
Article - Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management, Vol. 30 no. 3, 2007, p.447-465.
Examining Cognitive Functioning Following TASER Exposure: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Article - Applied Cognitive Psychology, Vol. 29 no. 4, 2015, p.600-607.
"Less-Than-Lethal Weapons Effect": Introducing TASERs to Routine Police Operations in England and Wales: a randomized controlled trial
Article - Criminal Justice & Behavior, Vol. 46 no. 2, 2019, p.280-300.
The TASER as a less lethal force alternative: Findings on use and effectiveness in a large metropolitan police agency
Article - Police Quarterly, Vol. 10 no. 2, 2007, p.170-191
Introduction of the Taser into British policing. Implications for UK emergency departments: an overview of electronic weaponry
Article - Emergency Medicine Journal, Vol. 21 no. 2, 2004, p.136-140.
Guns, gloves, and tasers: perceptions of police officers and their use of weapon as a function of race and gender
Article - Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, Vol. 35, 2020, p.348–359.
Towards a socio-technical understanding of discretion: a case study of Taser and police use of force
Article - Policing and Society, Vol. 30 no. 9, 2020, p.998-1012.
‘Taser, Taser’! Exploring factors associated with police use of Taser in England and Wales
Article - Policing and Society, Vol. 30 no. 4, 2020, p.396-411.