Policing, Mental Illness and Media: The Framing of Mental Health Crisis Encounters and Police Use of Force

by Katrina Clifford

Book Overview

This book examines the complexities of the relationship between policing and mental health - in Australia especially - including the circumstances that lead to police use of force, and the ways in which news media typically report deaths resulting from police contact with people in mental health crisis. When a vulnerable member of society is killed by the police, it is only natural that questions are asked about the behaviour and actions of those...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030614921
• ISBN13: 9783030614928
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 347 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"