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Challenges in Mental Health and Policing: Key Themes and Perspectives

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Challenges in Mental Health and Policing: Key Themes and Perspectives
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Ian Cummins
SeriesKey Themes in Policing
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:176
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
ISBN/Barcode 9781447360841
ClassificationsDewey:364.38
Audience
Professional & Vocational
General
Illustrations 3 Tables, black and white; 1 Illustrations, black and white

Publishing Details

Publisher Bristol University Press
Imprint Policy Press
Publication Date 26 July 2022
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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 user. Police officers deal with mental illness-related incidents on an almost daily basis. Ian Cummins explores how factors such as deinstitutionalisation, community care failings and, more recently, welfare retrenchment policies have led to this situation. 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.

Author Biography

Ian Cummins is Senior Lecturer in the School of Health and Society at the University of Salford.

Reviews

"This very useful book offers a thorough overview of the challenges presented to the police and CJS by mental health, together with a strategic and political perspective of the background to the changes arising in this field." Emma Williams, The Open University