Decriminalization of Public Drunkenness: The Response of Suburban Police

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1977, Pages 937-941

  Daggett, Lorin R ^a,b   Rolde, Edward J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DETOXIFICATION; DRUNKENNESS; FORENSIC MEDICINE; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLICE; URBAN POPULATION;

ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; ATTITUDE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; HUMAN; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MASSACHUSETTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PROBLEMS;

EID: 0017648199     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1977.01770200075007     Document Type: Article

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