Critical elements of the crisis intervention team model of jail diversion: An expert survey

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-94

  McGuire, Alan B ^a   Bond, Gary R ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRISIS INTERVENTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICE; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; UNITED STATES;

CRISIS INTERVENTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; POLICE; PRISONERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 78851468736     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.941     Document Type: Article

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