A 20-year follow-up survey of police officers' experience with Tarasoff warnings: How law enforcement reacts to clinicians' duty to protect.

Autor: Guina J; Beaumont Health Psychiatry Residency, Graduate Medical Education, Southfield, Michigan, USA.; Easterseals Michigan, Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA.; Oakland University, Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA., Dornfeld B; Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA., Pinals DA; Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Behavioral sciences & the law [Behav Sci Law] 2022 Jul; Vol. 40 (4), pp. 505-513. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Feb 22.
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.2564
Abstrakt: Since the Tarasoff case of 1976, mental health professionals are recognized to have a "duty to protect" third-party targets from violence-threatening patients, but little is known about what happens after clinicians warn law enforcement. In 2000, Huber et al. published a study that surveyed Michigan police about "Tarasoff warnings." We conducted a 20-year follow-up study, inviting all Michigan police and sheriff departments to participate. There were no significant differences between studies about knowledge of Tarasoff-related policies, which was low in both surveys. We found significant decreases in the number of officers who had ever intervened due to warning calls. Of the survey respondents, 83% supported documenting warning calls. For those who received warnings, 96% followed up with at least one intervention. In both studies, notifying other officers was the most common action taken. 56% said they would take action to remove a firearm. We identified opportunities for training law enforcement.
(© 2022 The Authors. Behavioral Sciences & The Law published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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