Jarrett Manuela, Mills Thomas, Mallion Jaimee, Sykes Susie, Wills Jane, Chaplin Eddie
University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
London South Bank University, London, UK.
BJPsych Bull. 2024 Aug 8;48(5):1-7. doi: 10.1192/bjb.2024.48.
The aim was to evaluate an innovative pathway in police custody suites that aimed to specifically address alcohol-related health needs through screening and brief interventions by police custody staff. This paper presents a qualitative investigation of challenges involved in implementing the pathway. Qualitative interviews were carried out with 22 staff involved with commissioning and delivering the pathway; thematic analysis of interview data was then undertaken.
An overarching theme highlights the challenges and uncertainties of delivering brief alcohol interventions in the custody suite. These include challenges related to the setting, the confidence and competence of the staff, identifying for whom a brief intervention would be of benefit and the nature of the brief intervention.
Our findings show that there is a lack of clarity over how alcohol-related offending can be identified in police custody, whose role it is to do that and how to intervene.
目的是评估警察拘留所中的一种创新途径,该途径旨在通过警察拘留所工作人员的筛查和简短干预来专门解决与酒精相关的健康需求。本文对实施该途径所涉及的挑战进行了定性调查。对22名参与该途径委托和实施工作的工作人员进行了定性访谈;然后对访谈数据进行了主题分析。
一个总体主题突出了在拘留所进行简短酒精干预所面临的挑战和不确定性。这些挑战包括与环境、工作人员的信心和能力、确定简短干预对谁有益以及简短干预的性质相关的挑战。
我们的研究结果表明,在警察拘留所中,对于如何识别与酒精相关的犯罪行为、谁来进行识别以及如何进行干预,尚缺乏明确认识。