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Challenges in Mental Health and Policing: Key Themes and Perspectives

By Ian Cummins

Book information

Publisher
Policy Press
Year
2022
ISBN
9781447360865
DOI
10.56687/9781447360865
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8116784 bytes)
Pages
176\162
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-21 09:37:38

Description

Police officers deal with mental illness-related incidents on an almost daily basis. Ian Cummins explores how factors such as deinstitutionalisation, community care failings and, more recently, welfare retrenchment policies have led to this situation. He then considers how police officers should be supported by community mental health agencies to make confident and correct decisions, and to ensure that the individuals they encounter receive support from the most appropriate services. Of interest to police researchers and students of criminology and the social sciences, the book examines police officers’ views on mental health work and includes a chapter by a service user.

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