pain compliance
Hurt until obedient
Pain compliance is a law enforcement and corrections technique in which physical pain is deliberately inflicted to gain cooperation from a resisting subject.
Officers may use joint locks, pressure point manipulation, or devices like tasers to create enough discomfort that a person complies with commands.
The term appears frequently in police training materials and legal proceedings involving use-of-force incidents.
Critics argue the clinical phrasing sanitizes what amounts to coercion through torture.
- pressure pointsAnatomical vulnerability sites
- proportionalityScaling relationship between quantities
- excessive forceUnwarranted severity in restraint
- police brutalityUnjustified force by officers
- resisting arrestOpposing lawful detention
human rights · joint locks · accountability · ethical dilemmas · legal liability · crowd control · chokeholds · duty of care · psychological coercion · wristlock · stress response · submission holds · self-defense training · armbar · arm twist · hostage situations · military operations · tactical training
- crowd controlriot gear, riot shields, rubber bullets, pepper balls, water cannon
- Police Forcedeadly force, excessive force, lethal force, reasonable force, less lethal
- restraintshandcuffs, shackles, chains, ropes, cuffs
pain compliancepersuasion
Convincing through reasoning
negotiation · de-escalation · rapport-building · dialogue · communication
pain compliancefree consent
Agreement without duress
autonomy · self-determination · free will · agency · choice
pain complianceinformed consent
Permission given with understanding
community policing · restorative justice · due process · harm reduction
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