Gender differences in police encounters among persons with and without serious mental illness

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 86-93

  Crocker, Anne G ^a,b   Hartford, Kathleen ^c,d   Heslop, Lisa ^e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c Ontario Telemedicine Network   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e London Police Service   (Canada)

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EID: 58149520491     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2009.60.1.86     Document Type: Article

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