A Criminal Justice System–Wide Response to Mental Illness: Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Memphis Crisis Intervention Team Training Curriculum Among Law Enforcement and Correctional Officers

Criminal Justice Policy Review

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 46-75

  Davidson, Megan L ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

crisis intervention introduction; mental illness; program evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84952770697     PISSN: 08874034     EISSN: 15523586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0887403414554997     Document Type: Article

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