Police Interactions with the Mentally Ill: May be we Should Ask Different Questions
Journal Title: International Journal of Forensic Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
In 1955, the US made the move to deinstitutionalize thousands of severely mentally ill persons. President Jimmy Carter’s commission on mental health (1978) indicated that "the objective of maintaining the greatest degree of freedom, self-determination, autonomy, dignity, and integrity of body, mind, and spirit for the individual while he or she participates in treatment or receives services." Thus, the goal was to support individuals’ mental health needs in the least restrictive environment
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Katherine T* and Sara R
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