The effect of police use of force on mental health problems of prisoners

Policing and Society

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 229-244

  Meade, Benjamin ^a   Steiner, Benjamin ^b   Klahm, Charles F ^c  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

inmates; maladjustment; police use of force; prisons

Indexed keywords

EID: 84933545274     PISSN: 10439463     EISSN: 14772728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10439463.2015.1049602     Document Type: Article

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