Policing mentally disordered suspects: A reexamination of the criminalization hypothesis

Criminology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 225-252

  Engel, Robin Shepard ^a   Silver, Eric ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0039888739     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2001.tb00922.x     Document Type: Article

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