The combination of race and mental illness does not appear to create additional levels of distrust.Social implications This research suggests there are important racial and mental health disparities in perceived police legitimacy, and that these disparities will need to be addressed for the police to ...
The police and people with mental illness: New approaches to a longstanding problem . Journal of Police Crisis Negotiations , 10 ( 1–2 ), 3 – 14 . [Taylor & Francis Online]Lurigio, A.J., & Watson, A.C. (2010). The police and people with mental illness: New approaches to a ...
campus policeCampus police officers are often among the initial contacts for behavioral incidents involving people with mental illness. Their training and access to resources influence decisions to direct the individual to support services and/or through campus disciplinary processes and/or the criminal ...
This survey study assesses the prevalence of mental illness and mental health care use among police officers at a large, urban police department in the US.
A significant portion of police work involves contact with persons who have mental illness. This study examined how knowledge that a person has a mental illness influences police officers' perceptions, attitudes, and responses. A total of 382 police officers who were taking a variety of in-service...
Police attitudes toward mental illness and psychiatric patients in Israel. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 1998; 26(4):625-630.Kimhi R et al.Police attitudes... R Kimhi,Y Barak,J Gutman,... - 《Journal of Clinical Forensic Medicine》 被引量: 65发表: 1999年 Racial differences in stigmatizing ...
The role of mental illness in violent crime is elusive, and there are harmful stereotypes that mentally ill people are frequently violent criminals. Studies find greater psychopathology among violent offenders, especially convicted homicide offenders, an
Questionnaires were sent to all operational officers in a regional police service regarding their level of knowledge about and attitudes towards, mental illness. It was widely accepted by police officers that mental illness occurred commonly, can be effectively treated in the community and that the ma...
a midsized Canadian city over a six-year period (N=767,365).Men and women with serious mental illness represented, respectively, .5% and .4% of men and women who had at least one contact with the police; however, they were involved in 3.2% and 3.0% of all interactions, respectively....
The most frequently named reasons not to report were fear of secondary victimization by the police and the belief that the police could not do anything or that the perpetrator would not be punished adequately. 展开 关键词: Severe mental illness police victimization substance use criminal proceedings...