Citation

Griffin JB, Conner WC, Tait CD, Warren CD. Crime Delinq. 1968; 14(3): 216-219.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1968, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/001112876801400304

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The "tranquilizer gun" now used with animals may become useful in restraining violent behavior of persons, especially those with psychiatric disturbances that jeopardize life. This paper reports the gun's first known usage on a human being-a prisoner who developed a psychotic disturbance and was breaking through masonry walls of his jail cell. Another case is reported in which the authors believe the use of a tranquilizer gun could have saved the life of a young man, a former psychiatric hospital patient who was fatally shot when he again became disturbed and resisted apprehension by the police.

Language: en