title: Electrical devices used by prison officers, police and security forces.
abstract: Electrical devices for crowd control, immobilizing threatening suspects and torturing prisoners are manufactured, traded and used in many countries. This article discusses their physiological, clinical and pathological effects and considers some legal implications of their use.
authors.affiliation: Unity Laboratory of Applied Neurobiology, Guildford, Surrey GU1 2BX. hillmanh@breathemail.net
authors.forename: Harold
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hillman
mesh_terms: D004556:Electric Injuries / Q000209:etiology; D004560:Electricity / Q000009:adverse effects; D004597:Electroshock / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D035846:Law Enforcement; D011330:Prisons; D012637:Security Measures; D014104:Torture