Objectives

The objective of the study is to assess the capability of a mobile crisis intervention team (MCIT) to connect emotionally disturbed people (EDP) with community resources and decrease police use-of-force.

Method

In order to have equivalent groups, interventions managed by the MCIT were matched to incidents handled by traditional police officers with similar propensity scores.

Results

Average treatment effects (ATEs) were computed to assess the impact of the MCIT. The MCIT was associated with decreases in police use-of-force (ATE = − 0.08; p ≤ 0.01), EDP transported to the hospital against their will (ATE = − 0.06; p ≤ 0.10), and EDP transported to the hospital in general (ATE = − 0.42; p ≤ 0.01). EDP were more likely to be referred to community resources (ATE = 0.19; p ≤ 0.01) or managed by their social network (ATE = 0.22; p ≤ 0.01) when the MCIT was involved in the intervention.

Conclusion

The MCIT was effective in connecting EDP with community resources, avoiding unnecessary transports to the hospital, and reducing police use-of-force.

中文翻译：

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评估共同响应的警察心理健康计划将情绪失常的人与社区资源联系起来并减少警察使用武力的能力

目标

该研究的目的是评估移动危机干预小组 (MCIT) 将情绪失常的人 (EDP) 与社区资源联系起来并减少警察使用武力的能力。

方法

为了有同等的群体，由 MCIT 管理的干预措施与由具有相似倾向得分的传统警察处理的事件相匹配。

结果

计算平均治疗效果 (ATE) 以评估 MCIT 的影响。MCIT 与警察使用武力的减少有关（ATE = - 0.08；p ≤ 0.01），EDP 被强行送往医院（ATE = - 0.06；p ≤ 0.10），EDP 被送往医院一般（ATE = - 0.42；p ≤ 0.01）。当 MCIT 参与干预时，EDP​​ 更有可能被提及到社区资源 (ATE = 0.19; p ≤ 0.01) 或由他们的社交网络管理 (ATE = 0.22; p ≤ 0.01)。

结论

MCIT 有效地将 EDP 与社区资源联系起来，避免了不必要的医院交通，并减少了警察使用武力。