Overview
- Examines the complexities of the relationship between policing and mental health
- Explores the conditions for the production of news media coverage
- Appeals to students, scholars, and practitioners in journalism, media studies, policing, criminology, sociology, and mental health
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Crime, Media and Culture (PSCMC)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book examines the complexities of the relationship between policing and mental health – in Australia especially – including the circumstances that lead to police use of force, and the ways in which news media typically report deaths resulting from police contact with people in mental health crisis. When a vulnerable member of society is killed by the police, it is only natural that questions are asked about the behaviour and actions of those involved. Police are, after all, meant to be the ‘protectors of society’. By virtue of these circumstances, fatal encounters between police and mentally ill individuals in crisis often attract heightened media and legal attention, as well as public debate. Drawing together research interviews and extensive case study analysis, the book explores the conditions for the production of this news media coverage, the ways in which it can shape public perceptions of police-involved mental health crisis interventions, and the potential impactson those involved in and affected by such events. The implications for police agencies are also considered in the context of how they respond to vulnerable people in the community, while being in the media spotlight. This book will appeal to students, scholars and practitioners in journalism, media studies, policing, criminology, sociology, and mental health as well as those interested in learning about the relationship between policing, mental illness, and media representation.
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Dr. Katrina Clifford is Senior Lecturer in Communication at Deakin University, Australia. She has also worked as a journalist, magazine editor and strategic communications consultant. Her previous publications include Media and Crime: Content, Context and Consequence (co-authored with Rob White, OUP 2017).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Policing, Mental Illness and Media
Book Subtitle: The Framing of Mental Health Crisis Encounters and Police Use of Force
Authors: Katrina Clifford
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Crime, Media and Culture
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61490-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-61489-8Published: 27 February 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-61492-8Published: 27 February 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-61490-4Published: 26 February 2021
Series ISSN: 2946-3912
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3920
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 347
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Crime and the Media, Youth Offending and Juvenile Justice, Media Sociology, Victimology, Media and Communication