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Crisis Intervention Team Training And Use Of Force On Persons With Mental Illnesses, Xavier Aguirre
Crisis Intervention Team Training And Use Of Force On Persons With Mental Illnesses, Xavier Aguirre
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The criminological literature on the effects of Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) among police in handling of crisis situations involving persons with mental illness (PMI) has emerged as a critical in modern policing. This study seeks to add to the literature on policing persons with mental illness by investigating the effects of CIT training, officer characteristics, and crisis incidences in the Seattle, Washington Police Department. There are two models that is used for this study. The first model focuses on the aforementioned factors in predicting police to use force in such incidents. The second model focus on officer dispositions. The data …