The attitudes of Canadian police officers toward the mentally ill

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 135-146

  Cotton, Dorothy ^a  

^a Correctional Service Canada ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUTHORITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; POLICE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CANADA; CRIME; CULTURE; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE;

EID: 1842509280     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2004.01.004     Document Type: Article

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