Police-mental health co-response versus police-as-usual response to behavioral health emergencies: A pragmatic randomized effectiveness trial

Evan Marie Lowder, Eric Grommon, Katie Bailey and Bradley Ray

Social Science & Medicine, 2024, vol. 345, issue C

Abstract: People with mental illness are overrepresented in United States (US) criminal legal systems. In response, alternatives to traditional police response to behavioral health emergencies have become more common, despite limited evidence for their effectiveness. We conducted the first randomized controlled trial of a police-mental health co-response team to determine program effectiveness relative to a police-as-usual response on key outcomes identified by community stakeholders.

Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116723

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