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Cuadernos de Medicina Forense
versão On-line ISSN 1988-611Xversão impressa ISSN 1135-7606
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AGUILAR PALLARES, A.; MORANTE BARRAGAN, J.F.; NOVELLE RODRIGUEZ, M. e SUBIRANA DOMENECH, M.. Electronic control devices: what is known? what is unknown?. Cuad. med. forense [online]. 2013, vol.19, n.3-4, pp.75-86. ISSN 1988-611X. https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/S1135-76062013000200003.
Conducted energy devices are used as a non-lethal weapons by law enforcement personal internationally to subdue potentially violent or combative subjects. The victim is immobilized as a result of painful tetanic contraction of the muscles. However, controversy exists about these weapons, because they have been implicated in some deaths in custody in the United States. We review medical literature related on this topic and conclude that they are not always non lethal and that all potential associated factors must be analyzed to be able to confirm or disprove a true causal relationship.
Palavras-chave : Forensic pathology; TASER®; Deaths in custody.