TY - JOUR
T1 - Examining Factors Related to Departmental Adoption of Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Models
T2 - A Survey of Police Chiefs
AU - Seo, Chunghyeon
AU - Kruis, Nathan E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2022/11
Y1 - 2022/11
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1007/s10597-022-00961-7
DO - 10.1007/s10597-022-00961-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 35355164
AN - SCOPUS:85127386698
SN - 0010-3853
VL - 58
SP - 1468
EP - 1476
JO - Community Mental Health Journal
JF - Community Mental Health Journal
IS - 8
ER -