Pregledni rad

Behaviour of police officials towards mentally ill persons

Damir Juras ; Ministarstvo unutarnjih poslova
Leon Tauber
Marko Srdarević ; Policijska uprava splitsko-dalmatinska

Sažetak

The authors demonstrate the behaviour of police towards mentally ill individuals de lege lata and de lege ferenda. For this, they use an analysis of the existing Protection and Advocacy for the Mentally Ill Act, the draft of the new law which regulates that area, examples from practice, statistical data and the viewpoints of the legal and medical professions. This article points out the most frequent application of police powers when dealing with mentally ill persons and certain quandaries about the practice of admitting mentally ill persons into psychiatric institutions when they are a danger to themselves and others, that is, in the case of providing help to health workers dealing with mentally ill persons. Statistical data for the area of the Republic of Croatia point to a slight trend in the increase of police interventions over the last five years and also in the professional police approach towards such individuals.
In conclusion, the coordinated activity of all services dealing with mentally ill persons is proposed as are additional education and the specialisation of police officials dealing with such persons. Furthermore, the need for balance between the necessity to protect the rights of mentally ill persons and the protection of rights and the security of the surroundings in which such persons live and the security of the entire community are pointed out.

Ključne riječi

mentally ill individuals; police officials; coercion; health workers

Hrčak ID:

129108

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/129108

Datum izdavanja:

22.10.2014.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: hrvatski

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