Responding to persons with mental illness (PWMI): Police recruit perceptions of mental health response training and engagement

Many Australian police organisations embed mental health response training (MHRT) into their recruit training packages. Yet critics argue police officers are under-trained and ill-equipped to engage with persons with mental illness (PWMI) in crisis, and officers frequently police PWMI using discreti...

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Main Authors: Matthew Morgan, Toby Miles-Johnson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2022-12-01
Series:Cogent Social Sciences
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2021.2020469