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TECHBeat, Winter 2012

Date Published
February 2012
Publication Type
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored

NIJ FY 12 Determining the Relationship between Stress and Unexplained In-Custody Deaths

Closing Date
NIJ seeks proposals for research to examine whether the physiologic and metabolic effects of the stress of being subdued or restrained, by any means, may explain otherwise unexplained in-custody deaths. Specifically, NIJ seeks proposals for research to: (1) clarify the fatal mechanisms that might be associated with stress resulting from being subdued or restrained, by any means and not limited to CEDs; and, if such...