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POLICE AND THE 'SICK' OFFENDER

NCJ Number
35456
Journal
Police Volume: 8 Issue: 9 Dated: (MAY 1976) Pages: 18,20,22 AND 23
Author(s)
D Skillern
Date Published
1976
Length
4 pages
Annotation
REVIEW OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF POLICE IN DETAINING AND REFERRING MENTALLY ILL OFFENDERS IN GREAT BRITAIN CITING RELEVANT STATUTES AND INTERPRETATIONS OF THEM.
Abstract
POLICE DISCRETIONARY POWERS INVOLVED IN HANDLING BATTERED WIVES, JUVENILE OFFENDERS, AND FEMALE OFFENDERS ARE ALSO DESCRIBED.

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