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Policing and the Mentally Ill
Mentally Ill
International Perspectives
In countries with democratic traditions, police interactions with the mentally ill are usually
guided by legislative mandates giving police discretion and possibly resulting in referrals
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for assistance and treatment. But all too frequently, the outcome of these interactions is
far less therapeutic and leads to a cycle of arrests and ultimately incarceration. Stemming P
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from an initiative in Memphis, Tennessee two decades ago, police departments in many
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police contact with the mentally ill. Policing and the Mentally Ill: International Perspectives
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The book begins with developments in North America and Europe—traditionally the loci
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intervention with the mentally ill as a priority issue, and still frequently suffer from a lack
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of significant resources. The largest section of the book focuses on Australia, where local h
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to change in their management of interactions with citizens with mental illness. Finally,
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the book examines the particular challenges of providing humane and effective policing
for persons with mental illnesses in parts of the developing world. These challenges often e
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involve dealing with entrenched cultural beliefs and practices based on superstition, fear,
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Interactions between police and persons with mental illnesses comprise an important and l
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sensitive aspect of everyday policing. The 16 chapters in this book offer a wide range of
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to develop a best-practices approach to managing their interactions with this vulnerable
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Policing and the
Mentally Ill
International Perspectives
Duncan Chappell
Advances in Police Theory and Practice Series
Series Editor: Dilip K. Das
Policing and the Mentally Ill: International Perspectives
Duncan Chappell
Security Governance, Policing, and Local Capacity
Kam C. Wong
Policing in Hong Kong: History and Reform
Jan Froestad with Clifford D. Shearing
Police Performance Appraisals: A Comparative Perspective
Serdar Kenan Gul and Paul O’Connell
Police Reform in The New Democratic South Africa
Moses Montesh and Vinesh Basdeo
Los Angeles Police Department Meltdown: The Fall of the Professional-Reform
Model of Policing
James Lasley
Financial Crimes: A Global Threat
Maximillian Edelbacher, Peter Kratcoski, and Michael Theil
Police Integrity Management in Australia: Global Lessons for Combating
Police Misconduct
Louise Porter and Tim Prenzler
The Crime Numbers Game: Management by Manipulation
John A. Eterno and Eli B. Silverman
The International Trafficking of Human Organs: A Multidisciplinary Perspective
Leonard Territo and Rande Matteson
Police Reform in China
Kam C. Wong
Mission-Based Policing
John P. Crank, Dawn M. Irlbeck, Rebecca K. Murray, and Mark Sundermeier
The New Khaki: The Evolving Nature of Policing in India
Arvind Verma
Cold Cases: An Evaluation Model with Follow-up Strategies for Investigators
James M. Adcock and Sarah L. Stein
Policing Organized Crime: Intelligence Strategy Implementation
Petter Gottschalk
Security in Post-Conflict Africa: The Role of Nonstate Policing
Bruce Baker
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Mentally Ill
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Contents
Series Preface ix
Preface xiii
Introduction xv
About the Editor xxix
Contributors xxxi
Section I
DEVELOPMENTS IN NORTH AMERICA
AND EUROPE
1 Developing a Statewide Approach to Specialised
Policing Response (SPR) Programme Implementation 3
MELISSA REULAND, LAURA DRAPER, AND BLAKE
NORTON
2 Improving Relationships Between Police
and People With Mental Illnesses: Canadian
Developments 19
DOROTHY COTTON AND TERRY COLEMAN
3 European Police and Persons With Mental Illnesses:
A Review of the Contemporary Literature 39
RHONDA MOORE
Section II
DEVELOPMENTS IN AUSTRALIA
4 NSW Police Force Mental Health Intervention
Team: Forging a New Path Forward in Mental
Health and Policing in the Community 65
DAVID DONOHUE AND GINA ANDREWS
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5 The Mental Health Intervention Program:
Preventing and Resolving Mental Health Crisis
Situations 105
QUEENSLAND POLICE SERVICE
6 Core Requirements of a Best Practise Model for
Police Encounters Involving People Experiencing
Mental Illness in Australia: A Victorian
Perspective 121
STUART THOMAS
7 Policing and the Mentally Ill: Victimisation and
Offending in Severe Mental Illness 137
TAMSIN SHORT
8 The Role of Mental Disorders in Use of Force
Incidents Between the Police and the Public 153
DRAGANA KESIC
9 Mental Health Crisis Interventions and the
Politics of Police Use of Deadly Force 171
KATRINA CLIFFORD
10 Mental Health Frequent Presenters: Key
Concerns, Case Management Approaches,
and Policy and Programme Considerations for
Emergency Services 197
GINA ANDREWS AND EILEEN BALDRY
11 Compounding Mental and Cognitive Disability
and Disadvantage: Police as Care Managers 219
EILEEN BALDRY AND LEANNE DOWSE
12 Legal Myth Busting and Frontline Mental Health
Decision Making 235
SIMON BRONITT AND JANE GATH
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13 Police Officer Mental Illness, Suicide, and the
Effects of a Policing Organisation 247
STEPHEN BARRON
Section III
THE DEVELOPING WORLD
14 Community Policing and People With Mental
Disorders: Responding to Developing World
Challenges in Papua New Guinea 283
DUNCAN CHAPPELL
15 Reflections on Policing and Mental Health in
Africa: Integrating and Regulating Diverse
Healing and Policing Systems 293
FLEUR BEAUPERT
16 Policing and Mentally Ill Persons in Hong Kong 311
SHARON INGRID KWOK, T. WING LO, AND
PERCY LEE
