Death, injury and disability from kinetic impact projectiles in crowd-control settings: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:We conducted a systematic review of the available literature on deaths, injuries and permanent disability from rubber and plastic bullets, as well as from bean bag rounds, shot pellets and other projectiles used in arrests, protests and other contexts from 1 January 1990 until 1 June 2017. DATA SOURCES:PubMed, Scopus, JSTOR and grey literature. DATA SYNTHESIS:We report on descriptive statistics as well as data on injury severity, permanent disability and death. We analysed potential risk factors for injury severity, including the site of impact, firing distance and access to medical care. RESULTS:Of 3228 identified articles, 26 articles met inclusion criteria. These articles included injury data on 1984 people, 53 of whom died as a result of their injuries. 300 people suffered pe

SUBMITTER: Haar RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5736036 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature