Identification of mental illness in police cells: a comparison of police processes, the Brief Jail Mental Health Screen and the Jail Screening Assessment Tool

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 529-542

  Baksheev, Gennady N ^a   Ogloff, Jim ^a   Thomas, Stuart ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

BJMHS; JSAT; mental illness; police cells; screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863582928     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1068316X.2010.510118     Document Type: Article

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