An economic evaluation of a police–mental health co-response program: data from a pragmatic randomized controlled trial

2024/08/14 by Meret Hofer, Meret S. Hofer, Thanh Lu +6 · 1 voice · 1 citation
Health Professions · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis #Homelessness and Social Issues #Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending

paper · doi:10.1007/s11292-024-09635-8

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• A (very-rare!) evaluation of the relative financial costs of different policing strategies found a police/health co-response team for mental-health emergencies didn’t save any money (in terms of preve [bsky, 4 points, 1 comments]