How Does Violence Potential Relate to Crisis Intervention Team Responses to Emergencies?

doi:10.1176/appi.ps.59.2.201

Psychiatr Serv 59:201-204, February 2008
doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.59.2.201
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How Does Violence Potential Relate to Crisis Intervention Team Responses to Emergencies?

Jennifer Skeem, Ph.D. and Lynne Bibeau, Ph.D.

OBJECTIVE: This study explored whether a crisis interventionteam (CIT) promotes public safety and diversion from jail totreatment. METHODS: Police reports (N=655) were analyzed forCIT events that occurred between March 2003 and May 2005 todetermine each subject's potential for violence to self or others.RESULTS: Some 45% of CIT events involved suicide crises, 26%involved a threat to others, and average violence potentialratings suggested minor to moderate risk. Officers' use of forcerelated strongly to violence potential (eta of .54). Nevertheless,officers used force in only 15% of 189 events posing seriousto extreme risk of violence and used low-lethality methods.Of events, 74% were resolved through hospitalization, whereasonly 4% were resolved through arrest. CONCLUSIONS: Althoughthe study lacked a comparison group, the results are consistentwith some studies suggesting that CIT holds promise in meetingsafety and jail diversion goals.

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