If You call 911 they are going to kill me’
Families’ experiences of mental health and deaths after police contact in the United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12363876 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Baker (0000-0001-7896-6217, Coventry University, corresponding author), Claire Pillinger (0000-0003-2577-8786, Coventry University) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 674-687 |
| Publication date | 2019-02-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Policing & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1043-9463 • E-ISSN: 1477-2728 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10439463.2019.1581193 |
| OpenAlex | W2917040967 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 58 |
This paper examines families’ perceptions of deaths after police contact of persons with mental illnesses (PMIs) in the United States. It uses qualitative semi-structured interviews with the bereaved family members of citizens who died after police contact in the US in the period 1999–2015. The paper considers the factors that led to their death, and how families perceive police actions led to the death of their loved one. The paper uses three key tenets of policing identified by Bittner [1975. The functions of the police in modern society: a review of background factors, current practices and possible role models. New York, NY: Aronson] as a framework in aiming to understand how police interactions with PMIs can lead to deaths. It discusses how police have become a de facto response to a healthcare issue and how the use of force appears to be linked with these interactions. Interventions such as enhanced training and the implementation of Crisis Intervention Teams (CITs) are assessed in terms of families’ perceptions of their capacity to improve the outcomes of police interactions with PMIs. The paper concludes that the policing of PMIs in the US is problematic, and can result in the deaths of citizens
Criminal justice · Criminology · De facto · Intervention (counseling · Mental health · Perception · Police science · Political science · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Public relations · Child Abuse and Trauma · Emergency and Acute Care Studies · Law · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology
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Disenfranchised Grief and Families’ Experiences of Death After Police Contact in the United States
The Politics of the Police
Qualitative data analysis for applied policy research
Doing research on sensitive topics
Police officers’ opinions of the use of unnecessary force by other officers
Crisis Intervention Teams may prevent arrests of people with mental illnesses
When Police Kill
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Police officers, mental (ill-)health and spoiled identity
Who governs? Democracy, plutocracy, science and prophecy in policing
Making Black Lives Matter
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Policing and street triage
The impact of police training in mental health
Policing Mentally Disordered Suspects
Characteristics of Patients Referred to Psychiatric Emergency Services by Crisis Intervention Team Police Officers
Incorporating Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Knowledge and Skills into the Daily Work of Police Officers
Black and blue
Mothers for Justice
Whose Side are We on? Theory, Practice and Allegiances in Prisons Research
Popular legitimacy and the exercise of legal authority
Legitimating police violence
Lost Lives, Hidden Voices
Hands up-Don't shoot
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |