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Bradford Non-Lethal Weapons Research Project (BNLWRP). Occasional Paper No. 1. The Early History of "Non-Lethal" Weapons.
Davison, N.
Davison, N.
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2006
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This paper explores the early history of ¿non-lethal¿1 weapons development
covering the period from the 1960¿s, when several diverse weapons were first
grouped together in one category and described as ¿non-lethal¿ by law
enforcement end-users and policymakers, until 1989, just before the hugely
increased interest in the field that developed during the 1990¿s amongst both
police and military organisations. It describes the origins and emergence of
new weapons, examining this process with reference to technological
advances, wider socio-political context, legal developments, and evolution of
associated institutional structures. Developments in both the policing and
military spheres are considered as well as the interconnections between
them. Necessarily this paper focuses on events in the US2, in part because it
led the way in this field but also because sources of information on US
activities are more readily available.3.
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Davison N (2006) Bradford Non-Lethal Weapons Research Project (BNLWRP). Occasional paper No. 1. The Early History of "Non-Lethal" Weapons. Bradford: University of Bradford, Department of Peace Studies.
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