The police and people with mental illness: New approaches to a longstanding problem

Journal of Police Crisis Negotiations

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-14

  Lurigio, Arthur J ^a   Watson, Amy C ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Crisis intervention teams; Persons with mental illness; Police

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953516840     PISSN: 15332586     EISSN: 15332594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15332586.2010.481895     Document Type: Article

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