Police departments in many parts of the world have set up specific programs with crisis intervention teams to facilitate police contact with the mentally ill. Focusing chiefly on jurisdictions in Australia, this volume also examines several of these programs in North America, Europe, and parts of the developing world.

Developments in North America and Europe. Developing a Statewide Approach to Specialised Policing Response (SPR) Programme Implementation. Improving Relationships Between Police and People With Mental Illnesses: Canadian Developments. European Police and Persons With Mental Illnesses: A Review of the Contemporary Literature. Developments in Australia. NSW Police Force Mental Health Intervention Team: Forging a New Path Forward in Mental Health and Policing in the Community. The Mental Health Intervention Program: Preventing and Resolving Mental Health Crisis Situations. Core Requirements of a Best Practise Model for Police Encounters Involving People Experiencing Mental Illness in Australia: A Victorian Perspective. Policing and the Mentally Ill: Victimisation and Offending in Severe Mental Illness. The Role of Mental Disorders in Use of Force Incidents Between the Police and the Public. Dragana Kesic Mental Health Crisis Interventions and the Politics of Police Use of Deadly Force. Mental Health Frequent Presenters: Key Concerns, Case Management Approaches, and Policy and Programme Considerations for Emergency Services. Compounding Mental and Cognitive Disability and Disadvantage: Legal Myth Busting and Frontline Mental Health Decision Making. Police Officer Mental Illness, Suicide, and the Effects of a Policing Organisation. The Developing World. Community Policing and People With Mental Disorders: Responding to Developing World Challenges in Papua New Guinea. Reflections on Policing and Mental Health in Africa: Integrating and Regulating Diverse Healing and Policing Systems. Policing and Mentally Ill Persons in Hong Kong. Index.