Drawing together the insights of eminent academics in the UK, the US, Australia and South Africa, this edited collection evaluates the condition of mental health and policing as an interlocked policy area, uncovering and addressing a number of key issues which are shaping police responses to mental health.

John L.M. McDaniel is a senior lecturer in policing and criminal justice at the University of Wolverhampton.

Kate Moss is Professor of Applied Criminology at the University of Derby.

Ken G. Pease OBE is Professor of Policing at the University of Derby and a British forensic psychologist and criminologist.

Introduction; Section I: Comparisons between Australia and the UK; 1. International Models of Police Response to Mental Illness; 2. Accessing Justice for Mental Health Sufferers? A Comparison of UK and Australian Developments; 3. New Paradigms of Policing Mental Illness in Australia: The Future of 'Mental Health Street-Sweeping'; Section II: Comparisons between the US and the UK; 4. Investment v Impact in Policing and Mental Health: What Works for Police and Suspects; 5. Deaths After Police Contact Involving People with Mental Health Issues; 6. Police Response to People with Mental Illnesses in a Major US City: The Boston Experience with the Co-Responder Model and Mental Health Innovation; Section III: Perspectives from England and Wales; 7. Why do the Police Overuse Section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983?; 8. 'This Isn't Just a Case of Taking Someone to The Hospital': Police Approaches and Management of Situations Involving Persons with Mental Ill Health in the Custody Suite and Beyond; 9. Policing, Vulnerability and Mental Health; 10. Policing and Mental Health: Do We Really Get It?; Section IV: The Mental Health of Police Officers and Staff; 11. Police Officer and Staff Wellbeing and the Management of Emotions: An Ethnographic Study of a Force Control Room and Frontline Response Officers; 12. Understanding the Mental Health and Well-being of Police Officers: Causes, Consequences and Responses to Stressors in Police Work; 13. Police Misconduct, Protraction and the Mental Health of Accused Police Officers; 14. The Spectre of Trauma in the South African Police Service; Conclusion.