Using Force: Australian Newspaper Depictions of Contacts Between the Police and Persons Experiencing Mental Illness

Australian Psychologist

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 213-223

  Kesic, Dragana ^a   Ducat, Lauren V ^a   Thomas, Stuart Dm ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Media discourse; Mental illness; Police

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869770680     PISSN: 00050067     EISSN: 17429544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-9544.2011.00051.x     Document Type: Article

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