Police Discretion in Emergency Apprehension of Mentally Ill Persons
Police Discretion in Emergency Apprehension of Mentally Ill Persons
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警方在紧急逮捕精神病人时的自由裁量权
DOI：
10.2307/799150
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发表时间：
1967
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影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
E. Bittner
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作者：
E. Bittner
警察的官方任务包括处理精神病患者的规定。由于这种交易是按照民法程序界定的，警察的任务并不局限于因疾病而不守法的人。相反，在适当的情况下，精神疾病的迹象或适当的精神疾病指控本身就是警察的正当业务，并可导致授权干预。关于警察参与的明确法律规范规定了两个主要备选办法。一方面，警察可能会收到法院命令，指示他们找到、逮捕被点名的人，并将其送往指定的医院进行精神观察和/或精神状况听证。另一方面，法规授权警察在紧急情况下逮捕他们认为生病的人并将其送往医院。第一种表格与送达法院手令的一般程序类似，而第二种表格则涉及
The official mandate of the police includes provisions for dealing with mentally ill persons. Since such dealings are defined in terms of civil law procedures, the mandate of the police is not limited to persons who for reasons of illness fail to observe the law. Rather, in suitable circumstances the signs of mental illness, or a competent allegation of mental illness, are in themselves the proper business of the police and can lead to authorized intervention. The expressed legal norms governing police involvement specify two major alternatives. On the one hand, policemen may receive court orders directing them to locate, apprehend, and convey named persons to specified hospitals for psychiatric observation and/or sanity hearings. On the other hand, policemen are authorized by statute to apprehend and convey to hospitals persons whom they perceive as ill, on an emergency basis. The first form parallels the common procedures of serving court warrants, while the second form involves the