From sorcery to stun guns and suicide: The eclectic and global challenges of policing and the mentally ill

Police Practice and Research

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 289-300

  Chappell, Duncan ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 77955372438     PISSN: 15614263     EISSN: 1477271X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15614263.2010.497028     Document Type: Article

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