Police as Public Health Interventionists

Asquith, Nicole L.; Bartkowiak-Théron, Isabelle

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-51228-0_7

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“…According to Asquith and Bartkowiak-Théron (2017), a valuable component of community-oriented policing models is the practice that police organisations engage with other agencies. Yet Australian police organisations experience significant complications when attempting to form partnerships with other agencies, especially because there is no official mandate or extra funding to formalise working partnerships across agencies that have disparate organisational philosophies (Asquith & Bartkowiak-Théron, 2017).…”

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“…Whilst recent global trends in policing have resulted in police agencies formalising partnerships with mental health professionals (Seo et al, 2020), there is an absence of effective and institutionalised collaborative services regarding interagency policing response in Australia (Asquith & Bartkowiak-Théron, 2017). The availability of police interagency schemes is generally restricted to metropolitan areas of Australia, so the experiences of PWMI during times of crisis in regional areas or where resources are scarce will vary considerably (Bradbury et al, 2017).…”

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“…In Australia, the police are legally obliged to provide a 24/7 service when responding to calls for service involving PWMI in crisis in the community (Asquith & Bartkowiak-Théron, 2017). A mental health crisis occurs when an individual loses the ability to cope with the symptoms of mental illness, which has the potential to place the individual or others nearby at risk (Penterman & Nijman, 2011).…”

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“…In Australia, the police are legally obliged to provide a 24/7 service when responding to calls for service involving PWMI in crisis in the community (Asquith & Bartkowiak-Théron, 2017).…”

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Operational response: Policing persons with mental illness in Australia

Miles-Johnson

Morgan

2022

Journal of Criminology

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Across the globe, policing persons with mental illness (PWMI) in crisis involves significant police work. Police must respond effectively to individuals whose behaviour and language are often erratic, and who may be intoxicated or experiencing psychosis. In Australia, police are often criticised for inappropriately handling mental health crises in the community and for differentially policing PWMI in crisis. To better understand Australian police response to PWMI in crisis, this study conducted interviews with 25 operational police officers working in one of the largest Australian state police organisations. The findings indicate that police response to PWMI in crisis is underpinned by trial-and-error practices, because officers are insufficiently trained to manage PWMI in crisis, and police are resistant to accept tasks considered ‘welfare work’. Officers are also relieved when response to PWMI in crisis includes mental health practitioners. We argue that whilst the availability of interagency schemes in Australia is generally restricted to metropolitan areas, effective policing response to PWMI in crisis should include a collaborative response between police and mental health practitioners.

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“…In Australia, the police are legally obliged to provide a 24/7 service when responding to calls for service involving PWMI in crisis in the community (Asquith & Bartkowiak-Théron, 2017).…”

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Operational response: Policing persons with mental illness in Australia

Miles-Johnson

Morgan

2022

Journal of Criminology

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“…Vulnerability sits firmly at the intersection of law enforcement and public health (Bartkowiak-Théron and Asquith 2016;Asquith and Bartkowiak-Théron 2017). Most vulnerability issues are defined around the various individual and social characteristics that make us human.…”

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Public Health Models of Vulnerability

Asquith

Bartkowiak-Théron

2021

Policing Practices and Vulnerable People

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Much work undertaken by the police is not strictly related to matters of criminality. Maurice Punch was one of the first scholars to document the fact that a lot of police work has nothing to do with crime, and instead, relates to welfare matters, calls for concern, or helping other organisations go about their own businesses (Punch 1979). As noted in the previous chapter, the dominance of non-crime matters remains an issue, with the UK College of Policing identifying that 84% of calls to police are non-crime related (College of Policing 2015). Most of this work is largely undocumented. The fact that police have had to deal with social issues falling through the gap of other services' remit (a point which we address later) has led police to take on the functions of a 'secret social service'. Through that work, the interaction of police with vulnerability in non-criminal encounters has become normalised. Understanding this work with vulnerability requires an understanding of how vulnerability is defined and measured, in public health, according to social determinants of health (

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