The future of non-lethal weapons : technologies, operations, ethics, and law /
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| Imprint: | London ; Portland, OR : Frank Cass, 2002. |
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| Description: | 193 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4805343 |
| Summary: | These essays explore the increase in interest in non-lethal weapons. Such devices have meant that many armed forces and law enforcement agencies are able to act against undesirables without being accused of acting in an inhumane way.<br> <br> Topics for discussion in this volume include: an overview of the future of non-lethal weapons; emerging non-lethal technologies; military and police operational deployment of non-lethal weapons; a scientific evaluation of the effectiveness of non-lethal weapons; changes in international law needed to take into account non-lethal technologies; developments in genomics leading to new chemical incapacitants; implications for arms control and proliferation; the role of non-lethal weapons in human rights abuses; conceptual, theoretical and analytical perspectives on the nature of non-lethal weapons development. |
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| Physical Description: | 193 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [182]-188) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0714653098 0714682659 |
