University Researcher and Law Enforcement Collaboration
| Autor: | Scott Akins, Scott Jackson, Ken Elwer, Brett C. Burkhardt, Charles Lanfear, Mariana Amorim, Katelyn Stevens, Jon Sassaman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Criminal justice ethics
05 social sciences Law enforcement Poison control Context (language use) Criminology Mental health Pathology and Forensic Medicine Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Nursing 050501 criminology Problem-oriented policing Justice (ethics) Psychology Applied Psychology 0505 law Criminal justice |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. 61:508-525 |
| ISSN: | 1552-6933 0306-624X |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0306624x15599393 |
| Popis: | In 2012, heads of local law enforcement agencies in Benton County, Oregon, contacted researchers at Oregon State University to discuss a problem: a sharp rise in the number of contacts between police and suspects displaying symptoms of mental illness. This initial inquiry led to an ongoing collaborative examination of the nature, causes, and consequences of the rise in police contacts. In this article, the authors describe this collaboration between researchers and law enforcement officials from the perspective of both parties, situating it within the context of mental illness in the U.S. criminal justice system. The collaborators draw on firsthand experiences and prior collaborations to discuss the benefits of, challenges in, and recommendations for university–police research collaborations. Although such collaborations may pose challenges (related to relationship definition, data collection and analysis, outputs, and relationship maintenance), the potential benefits—for researchers and law enforcement agencies—are substantial. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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