Challenges in Mental Health and Policing: Key Themes and Perspectives Cummins Ian
Challenges in Mental Health and Policing: Key Themes and Perspectives Cummins Ian Police officers deal with mental illness-related incidents on an almost daily basis. He then considers how police…
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Challenges in Mental Health and Policing: Key Themes and Perspectives Cummins Ian
Police officers deal with mental illness-related incidents on an almost daily basis. 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. Ian Cummins explores how factors such as deinstitutionalisation, community care failings and, more recently, welfare retrenchment policies have led to this situation.
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