Police interactions and interventions with suspects flagged as experiencing mental health problems

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health : CBMH
Eddie KaneNajat Khalifa

Abstract

Interactions between individuals experiencing mental health (MH) problems and the police are complex, and effectiveness of innovative support and diversion models in England and Wales not yet fully evaluated. Our aims were to examine police interactions with suspects and to measure the immediate effectiveness of police/NHS MH interventions, including liaison and diversion and embedded staff in police contact and control rooms. We hypothesised that those with an MH flag would have significantly greater benefit from such interventions than those without in terms of how far they are taken down the criminal justice pathway and how long they spend in police custody. We examined police interactions with suspects with and without flagged MH problems in relation to key outcome measures over a 15-month period, overall or when flagged by nurses alone. 'MH flagging' is defined as the presence of a marker on police systems, including both historical and current information, that alerts control room staff and response officers that the call may involve an individual/s with MH problems. Serial cross-sectional analysis of material from a database of individual cases integrating information from three police sources (N = 13,472) was used to te...Continue Reading

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Jun 27, 2009·Behavioral Sciences & the Law·Brian CaseLaura S Morris
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Jul 19, 2016·The Lancet. Psychiatry·Seena FazelRobert Trestman
Oct 21, 2017·Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health : CBMH·Eddie KaneFarhad Shokraneh

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Jan 8, 2021·International Journal of Law and Psychiatry·Anthony J O'BrienDaniel J Exeter
Jul 25, 2021·Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health : CBMH·Eddie KaneJulia Wire

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