This book provides an up-to-date analysis of the development and deployment of 'non-lethal' weapons by police and military organizations. It reviews the key technologies, issues, and dangers, with particular attention to the development of drugs, lasers, microwaves, and acoustics as incapacitating weapons.

NEIL DAVISON is Senior Policy Adviser in the Science Policy Centre at the Royal Society. For four years he was lead researcher on 'non-lethal' weapons at the Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, UK.