TY - JOUR
T1 - The importance of law enforcement in promoting and protecting the public health
AU - Crofts, Nick
AU - James, Steve
AU - Herrington, Victoria
AU - Thomson, Nick
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - As front-line practitioners police deal with a wide range of social problems. A significant number of those problems involve threats to public health, in the shape for instance of road trauma, violence, mental health episodes, drug-affected behavior, infectious disease and natural disasters. Yet police are not usually recognized as crucial to the protection of public health. We argue here that this needs to be remedied.
AB - As front-line practitioners police deal with a wide range of social problems. A significant number of those problems involve threats to public health, in the shape for instance of road trauma, violence, mental health episodes, drug-affected behavior, infectious disease and natural disasters. Yet police are not usually recognized as crucial to the protection of public health. We argue here that this needs to be remedied.
UR - http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/545534
UR - http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=699564515122871;res=IELHSS
M3 - Article
SN - 1837-7009
VL - 4
SP - 2
EP - 3
JO - Australasian Policing
JF - Australasian Policing
IS - 1
ER -