TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Examining factors related to departmental adoption of crisis intervention team (CIT) models: a survey of police chiefs
JO  - Community mental health journal
A1  - Seo, Chunghyeon
A1  - Kruis, Nathan E.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
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. <br><br>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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0010-3853
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-022-00961-7
ID  - ref1
ER  -