Policing Services With Mentally Ill People: Developing Greater Understanding and Best Practice

Australian Psychologist

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 57-68

  Ogloff, James Rp ^a   Thomas, Stuart Dm ^a   Luebbers, Stefan ^a   Baksheev, Gennady ^a   Elliott, Irina ^a   Godfredson, Joel ^a   Kesic, Dragana ^a   Short, Tamsin ^a   Martin, Trish ^a   Warren, Lisa ^a   Clough, Jonathan ^a   Mullen, Paul E ^a   Wilkins, Catherine ^b   Dickinson, Ashley ^b   Sargent, Leanne ^b   Perez, Eva ^b   Ballek, David ^b   Moore, Emma ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Victoria Police ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Jail inmates; Mental illness; Offenders; Policing; Use of force; Victims

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872664147     PISSN: 00050067     EISSN: 17429544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-9544.2012.00088.x     Document Type: Article

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