Police departments' response in dealing with persons with mental illness

Journal of Police Crisis Negotiations

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 166-174

  Martínez, Louis E ^a  

^a Chicago Police Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Crisis intervention teams; Police and mental health

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953527087     PISSN: 15332586     EISSN: 15332594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15332581003785462     Document Type: Article

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