Mental illness among police fatalities in Victoria 1982-2007: Case linkage study

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 463-468

  Kesic, Dragana ^a   Thomas, Stuart D M ^a   Ogloff, James R P ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fatal police shooting; Mental illness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DATA BASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; POLICE; PSYCHOSIS; REGISTRATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRIMINAL LAW; MANPOWER; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL PATIENT; MIDDLE AGED; OFFENDER; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CRIMINAL LAW; CRIMINALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REGISTRIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VICTORIA;

EID: 77951269215     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048670903493355     Document Type: Article

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