“Meshing into One”: An Assessment of Law Enforcement and Clinician Perspectives on Professional Roles and the Embedded Co-Responder Model

VJ Crichlow, CA Atkin-Plunk - Criminal Justice and Behavior, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
In situations where mental health and social services are needed, aggressive law
enforcement responses can be harmful. Increasing knowledge in this area has led to the …

Co-response and homelessness: the SEPTA transit police SAVE experiment

JH Ratcliffe, H Wight - Journal of Experimental Criminology, 2024 - Springer
Objectives We test the benefit of adding an outreach specialist to a dedicated police team
tasked with helping the vulnerable community in the transit system move to treatment or …

“The Need was F* cking Endless”: A Study of the Minneapolis Sanctuary Movement

BJ Murray, MSV Heilemann - Journal of Community Practice, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT In May 2020, Minneapolis became the epicenter of a global movement
challenging entrenched anti-Blackness and police violence after the murder of George …

Social Workers' Experiences with Police Partnerships in Mental Health Calls for Service: A Qualitative Analysis of a Co-Responder Model of Policing

CG Lynch - Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, 2024 - Springer
As a result of the systematic dismantling of the mental health care system in the United
States, responsibility for people experiencing mental health emergencies has transferred …

Critiques of Social Work Practice in Carceral Systems

C Rasmussen, B Suslovic - Encyclopedia of Social Work, 2025 - oxfordre.com
Social work's history in the United States is intertwined with the development and expansion
of criminal-legal systems. As the profession of social work has remained centrally involved in …

Creating a Data and Technology-Enhanced Approach to Police Social Service Issues: A Planning Model

CC Ban, JG McNutt - Building Trust, Effective Communication, and …, 2024 - igi-global.com
The landscape of law enforcement is changing. Mental health needs are on the rise, and the
vast majority of law enforcement calls for service are already related to social issues. Public …

[PDF][PDF] Changing the Route

K Lazar, M Swartz, M Moore - wcsj.law.duke.edu
Executive Summary Across the United States, communities are developing innovative
strategies to reduce the presence of law enforcement when responding to a person …