Episode 80: Thomas Dee on sending health workers to 911 calls

Thomas Dee talks about the effects of dispatching health workers instead of police to some 911 calls.

“A Community Response Approach to Mental Health and Substance Abuse Crises Reduced Crime” by Thomas S. Dee and Jaymes Pyne.

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OTHER RESEARCH WE DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE:

• “Variation Across Police Response Models for Handling Encounters with People with Mental Illnesses: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis” by Chunghyeon Seo, Bitna Kim, and Nathan E. Kruis.

• “Crisis Averted? The Effect of Crisis Intervention Units on Arrests and Use of Force” by Maya Mikdash and Chelsea Strickland. [Draft available from authors upon request]