Police officer attitudes and use of discretion in situations involving the mentally ill: The need to narrow the focus

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-35

  Patch, Peter C ^a   Arrigo, Bruce A ^a  

^a ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CRIME; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; POLICE; REVIEW;

EID: 0033052732     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-2527(98)00014-4     Document Type: Article

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