RT Article
T1 Mental Health and Police Legitimacy
JF Canadian journal of criminology and criminal justice
VO 67
IS 1
SP 30
OP 48
A1 Quinn-Hogan, Ashlee
A2 Cao, Liqun
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1928253318
AB Too many fatal shootings have occurred at the hands of frontline police officers, yet little research has investigated the relationship between mental health and confidence in the police. The current study addresses this gap in the policing literature by examining how mental health influences confidence in the police. Consistent with speculations, OLS regression analysis of data from the Canadian General Social Survey, Cycle 34, reveals that individuals with mental illness, as well as Indigenous people, have significantly lower confidence in the police than those without mental illness. This study offers new insights into the unique relationship between mentally ill individuals and policing, advocating a cultural shift within police forces from a mindset of "soldiers" to one of guardians and from law enforcers to peace officers. It emphasizes the need for increased frontline police officer training in handling mental health crises and closer collaboration between police and healthcare providers.
K1 agents comme gardiens
K1 agents de la paix
K1 civilisation des services policiers
K1 confiance envers les services policiers
K1 Confidence in the police
K1 culture policière
K1 mentally ill persons in crisis
K1 officers as guardians
K1 peace officers
K1 personnes atteintes d’une maladie mentale en situation de crise
K1 police civilizing
K1 Police Culture
DO 10.3138/cjccj-2024-0035