NCJ Number
34526
Date Published
1976
Length
167 pages
Annotation
THIS TEXTBOOK STRESSES THE COMMONALITY BETWEEN THE FIELDS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND MENTAL HEALTH AND URGES A MUCH CLOSER COOPERATION AND EVEN PARTIAL AMALGAMATION OF THE TWO PROFESSIONS.
Abstract
THE AUTHORS, A PSYCHIATRIST AND A PSYCHIATRIC SOCIAL WORKER, BASE THIS BOOK ON THEIR EXPERIENCES AS STAFF MEMBERS OF THE MULTNOMAH COUNTY (OR) LAW ENFORCEMENT COUNSELING PROGRAM, WHICH OFFERED PRACTICAL TRAINING IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR TO POLICE OFFICERS AND UTILIZED PATROL CARS AS THE SETTING FOR THE FIELD PLACEMENT OF GRADUATE SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS WHO WORKED ALONGSIDE UNIFORMED OFFICERS AS PART OF A 'COUNSELING TEAM'. THIS BOOK CONSISTS OF EIGHT CHAPTERS, EACH FILLED WITH CASE EXAMPLES AND FOLLOWED BY QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION. INDIVIDUAL CHAPTERS COVER THE POLICE CASELOAD, TRAINING POLICE TO BETTER HANDLE THEIR CASELOAD, THE POLICE SOCIAL WORKER IN THEORY AND PRACTICE, FEEDBACK FOR POLICE FROM FRIENDS, AND FEEDBACK FOR NONPOLICE FROM NONPOLICE. IT IS DESIGNED FOR CLASSES OR SEMINARS IN POLICE SCIENCE, SOCIAL WORK, AND COMMUNITY PSYCHIATRY. AN INDEX IS PROVIDED.