Estimated rates of mental disorders in, and situational characteristics of, incidents of nonfatal use of force by police

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 225-232

  Kesic, Dragana ^a   Thomas, Stuart D M ^a,b   Ogloff, James R P ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mental disorders; Nonfatal; Police; Use of force

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONDUCT DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; MIDDLE AGED; OFFENDER; POLICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGISTER; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; CONDUCT DISORDER; CRIMINALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; REGISTRIES; VICTORIA; VIOLENCE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878416429     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-012-0543-4     Document Type: Article

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