Police perspectives on responding to mentally ill people in crisis: Perceptions of program effectiveness

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 393-405

  Borum, Randy ^a   Deane, Martha Williams ^b   Steadman, Henry J ^b   Morrissey, Joseph ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CRISIS INTERVENTION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; POLICE; PRISON; SOCIAL WORKER;

ADULT; ALABAMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CRISIS INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; POLICE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHIATRIC; TENNESSEE; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 13044283429     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0798(199823)16:4<393::AID-BSL317>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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