Seo Chunghyeon, Kruis Nathan E
School of Criminal Justice, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK, 73034, USA.
Department of Criminal Justice, Penn State Altoona, Altoona, PA, 16601, USA.
Community Ment Health J. 2022 Nov;58(8):1468-1476. doi: 10.1007/s10597-022-00961-7. Epub 2022 Mar 30.
In an effort to improve police responses for handling incidents involving people with mental illness (PWMI), many police departments have adopted the Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) model. However, to date, there has been very little published research that has focused on examining factors related to the adoption of CIT models through the lens of police chiefs. To help fill this gap in the literature, the current study used data collected from a sample of 204 police chiefs in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to examine variables related to departmental adoption of the CIT model. Findings show that several factors (e.g., chief training, chief educational attainment, and departmental resources) were associated with departmental adoption of the CIT model. Policy implications and suggestions for future studies based on these findings are discussed within.
为了改善警方对涉及精神疾病患者（PWMI）事件的应对能力，许多警察部门采用了危机干预小组（CIT）模式。然而，迄今为止，很少有已发表的研究聚焦于从警察局长的角度审视与采用CIT模式相关的因素。为了填补这一文献空白，本研究使用了从宾夕法尼亚州204名警察局长样本中收集的数据，来检验与部门采用CIT模式相关的变量。研究结果表明，几个因素（如局长培训、局长教育程度和部门资源）与部门采用CIT模式有关。文中还讨论了基于这些发现的政策含义和对未来研究的建议。
