CIT in Context: The Impact of Mental Health Resource Availability and District Saturation on Call Dispositions

摘要: The goals of Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) programs include improving safety during encounters between police and persons with mental illnesses, diverting illnesses away from the criminal justice system, increasing referral access to health services. CIT is a systemic intervention, as such, its implementation effectiveness are influenced by existing practices infrastructures. However, little research has considered context in which implemented. In this paper, we present on four Chicago districts that vary terms two contextual factors hypothesized influence impact training how calls involving resolved. Using data 112 patrol officers districts, consider services availability saturation (the percentage district personnel certified). Findings indicate increased direction primarily greater low service availability, higher opposite pattern emerged for contact only or informal call resolution. No effects were found arrest outcome.