A practical overview of de-escalation skills in law enforcement: Helping individuals in crisis while reducing police liability and injury

Journal of Police Crisis Negotiations

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-29

  Oliva, Janet R ^a   Morgan, Rhiannon ^a   Compton, Michael T ^b  

^a Georgia Bureau of Investigation   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crisis intervention team; De escalation; Law enforcement; Police

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953503350     PISSN: 15332586     EISSN: 15332594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15332581003785421     Document Type: Article

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