RT Article
T1 The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Police Involvement in Mental Health Calls for Service
JF Criminal justice policy review
VO 36
IS 1/2
SP 3
OP 21
A1 Tartaro, Christine 1970-
A2 Lu, Ruibin
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1917328605
AB The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic not only threatened individuals’ physical health but also caused a serious strain on mental health and access to care. Analyzing 4 years of data from 2019 through 2022, this study examines whether the frequency of mental health calls for service and police-initiated stops for mental health reasons changed over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using interrupted time-series analysis, the results show that police involvement in mental health care was significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, different changes were observed between dispatched calls for service and police-initiated stops for mental health reasons.
K1 Covid-19
K1 Calls for service
K1 Police
K1 Mental Health
DO 10.1177/08874034241303024