The jail as a dumping ground: The incidental incarceration of mentally ill individuals

Criminal Justice Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-89

  Etter Sr , Gregg W ^a   Birzer, Michael L ^b   Fields, Judy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI   (United States)

^b WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Emergency Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental Health Reform Act; Mentally ill; Treatment and care; Treatment resistant

Indexed keywords

EID: 40949147375     PISSN: 1478601X     EISSN: 14786028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786010801972738     Document Type: Article

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