Policing, Mental Illness and Media: The Framing of Mental Health Crisis Encounters and Police Use of Force
In: Palgrave Studies in Crime, Media and Culture Ser.
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- The More Things Change, the More They Remain the Same -- The Prevalence of Fatal Mental Health Crisis Interventions in Australia -- The Costs of Fatal Police Encounters with Mentally Ill Individuals in Crisis -- Aims and Methodology -- Research Limitations and Contestable Characterisations -- The Inherent Challenges of Conducting Research on Sensitive Issues -- Finally, a Note About the Nature of the Content That Follows… -- References -- 2 The Thin Blue Line of Mental Health -- The Prevalence of Mental Health Problems in the Australian Community -- Calls for a Joined-Up Response -- The Criminalisation of Mental Illness in Media and Through Contact with the Law -- The Complexities of Police-Mental Health Relations in Theory and Practice -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 The Search for Solutions to the Problems of Policing Mental Ill-Health -- The Technological Solution That Promised to 'Save Lives and Reduce Injuries' -- Body-Worn Cameras, Police Transparency and Accountability -- Police Training as a Panacea to Lethal Force -- The Memphis Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Model and Its Derivatives -- When the Ideals of CIT Training Collide with the Realities of Police Cultures -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 Making Sense of Fatal Mental Health Crisis Interventions -- Pinpointing the Predictors of Use of Force During Police Operations -- Between Perception and Experience: Defining 'Risk' in Police Mental Health Contacts -- The Power of News Media to Shape Public Understandings of Social Problems -- Normative Patterns of News Framing of Fatal Mental Health Crisis Interventions -- 'Shooting to Stop a Threat' Versus 'Shooting to Kill' -- Calls for Transparency in the Investigation of Critical Incidents -- The Role of the Coronial Inquest -- Conclusion -- References.
