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Policing persons with mental illness : issues and trajectories.

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Canadian Policing Research

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Alternate Title

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

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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.

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Online Access

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.

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