Dealing with individuals who have mental illness: the Crisis Intervention Team (CIT); in law enforcement

The British Journal of Forensic Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 235-243

  Browning, Samuel L ^a   Van Hasselt, Vincent B ^a   Tucker, Abigail S ^b   Vecchi, Gregory M ^c  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Clinical Psychologist at the Community Reach Center   (United States)

^c Federal Bureau of Investigation   (United States)

Author keywords

Crisis intervention; Law enforcement; Mental illness; Police; Psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986065039     PISSN: 14636646     EISSN: 20428340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636641111189990     Document Type: Article

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