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 Sudden custodial deaths in the wake of violent restraint  encounters have emerged as a critical issue for police, correctional,  and medical care workers around the world. In Sudden Deaths in Custody,  leading researchers and experts review the medical, legal,  psychological, and administrative aspects of violent restraint  encounters and offer insights into controlling such incidents. The  authors assess the medical considerations in such cases, including how  the stress of an encounter may influence the physiological responses of  the subject, how chemical substances may affect the behavior of and  contribute to the death of the person in custody, and offer an  explanation of the role of excited delirium. The authors also address  the use of force involving neck holds, restraints, aerosols, tasers, and  other physical restraints. Numerous examples illustrate the nature and  problems associated with sudden in-custody restraint deaths, along with a  survey of the issues involved in performing a custodial death  investigation and the legal question of civil liability. The authors  also discuss risk management strategies, policy and procedure concerns,  training issues, subject monitoring, prisoner transportation, officer  incident reporting, and investigating an incident from an agency  perspective. Comprehensive and authoritative, Sudden Deaths in Custody  illuminates the many facets of sudden in-custody deaths to better  prepare police officers, administrators, investigators, and medical  personnel for such events and the frequent civil lawsuits claiming  wrongful death.
 

 Annually, prisoners file more than 25,000 lawsuits against  correctional personnel over a wide range of confinement issues. This  book has been designed to keep personnel and students abreast of such  litigation by addressing the varying topics, legal principles, and  standards that have been developed by the United States Supreme Court.  It provides an analysis of the civil liability issues that surface from  confining detainees in jails and prisoners in adult institutions.  Discussion of the trends in prisoner litigation for the past forty years  is presented, combined with a legal analysis of the evolution of  prisoners’ rights and an examination of the impact of the Prison  Litigation Reform Act of 1996. Ross also provides an assessment of the  Federal Court system and a discussion of how Section 1983 lawsuits are  litigated.

Civil Liability Issues in Corrections reviews over 100  United States Supreme Court decisions and provides an assessment of  numerous lower courts’ decisions in applying the Court’s standards in  fifteen common prisoner litigation issues. Emerging themes are the use  of force, cross-gender supervision, deaths in custody,  medical/psychiatric care, and employee litigation against correctional  managers; the book integrates case analysis and prior liability research  in these correction content areas. Also included are an examination of  line level officer and administrative liability responsibilities; a  discussion on how to build a defense to future litigation; and a look at  policy, training, and supervisory concerns. 

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