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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2022-12-01
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Series: | Cogent Social Sciences |
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2021.2020469 |