The Introduction of Tasers and Police Use of Force: Evidence from the Chicago Police Department

Abstract

Indeed, injury risk has been the focus of most previous work on CED's. Most studies involve a cross-sectional design, comparing incidents in which Tasers were used to those in which they were not, although a few studies have employed a before-and-after approach. The evidence is somewhat mixed, although most studies have found that CED's reduce the likelihood of injury, particularly to police, in the typical use-of-force incident (Seattle Police Department 2003;