Responding to persons with mental illnesses: Police perspectives on specialized and traditional practices

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 647-657

  Sellers, Courtenay L ^a   Sullivan, Christopher J ^a   Veysey, Bonita M ^b   Shane, Jon M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PERCEPTION; POLICE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; POLICE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 27344438333     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.633     Document Type: Article

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