The importance of gender in the spatial distribution of police interactions involving emotionally disturbed persons: an examination of call types

The current study investigates gender differences in the spatial distribution of the British Columbia Mental Health Act (MHA), criminal and non-criminal police calls-for-service involving emotionally disturbed persons (EDP). Using a sample of 4341 police incidents over a three-year period, 13 pairwi...

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Main Author: Vaughan, Adam D. (Author)
Contributors: Andresen, Martin A. ; Brantingham, Patricia L. ; Hewitt, Ashley N. ; Verdun-Jones, Simon N.
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2019
In: Policing and society
Year: 2019, Volume: 29, Issue: 2, Pages: 137-154
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Spatial clustering
Emotionally disturbed persons
Gender
Police event types