The Use of Force between the Police and Persons with Impaired Judgment

Police Quarterly

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 311-338

  Kaminski, Robert J ^a   Digiovanni, Clete ^b   Downs, Raymond ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol; drugs; impairment; mental illness; police; use of force

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993709356     PISSN: 10986111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098611103253456     Document Type: Article

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