Crisis intervention team training and special weapons and tactics callouts in an urban police department

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 831-833

  Compton, Michael T ^a   Demir, Berivan ^b   Oliva, Janet R ^c   Boyce, Trudy ^d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Georgia Bureau of Investigation   (United States)

^d Atlanta Police Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INJURY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL PATIENT; MILITARY SERVICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; POLICE; POLICE DEPARTMENT; SPECIAL WEAPONS AND TACTICS CALLOUT; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAINING; URBAN AREA; WEAPON;

EID: 66749143163     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2009.60.6.831     Document Type: Article

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