Canadian Policing Research Catalogue

Location

Canadian Policing Research

Resource

e-Books

Alternate Title

Intervention des services de police auprès de personnes atteintes d'une maladie mentale : questions et trajectoires.

Authors

• Canada. Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP, issuing body.

Publishers

• [Ottawa] : Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP, 2010.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Description

1 online resource (1 page)

Note

"January, 2010"
Also issued in French under the title: Intervention des services de police auprès de personnes atteintes d'une maladie mentale : questions et trajectoires.

Summary

"This report examines a range of pertinent issues, ranging from the scope of the problem, to the use of police discretion in cases involving PMI, to a discussion of available options for addressing the problems presently posed by police-PMI interactions."--Introduction.

Subject

• Mentally ill offenders - Services for - Canada.
• Police services for the mentally ill - Canada.
• Police - Use of force.
• PMI.
• People with mental illness.

Contents

Introduction -- The scope of the problem: The incidence and prevalence of police contact with the mentally ill -- Reasons for increased contact -- The criminalization thesis -- Police discretion -- Police use of force -- Addressing the issue of PMI -- The victimization of PMI -- A complex of social ills -- Coming full circle: Where does responsibility reside -- Summary -- References.