Scott F Basinger
Biographic Data
| ID | 6079571 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Scott F Basinger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Scott F |
| FAMILY NAME | Basinger |
| SIGNATURE | BASINGER S F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Suzanne V. Jarvis and Leonard Kincaid are with the Houston Recovery Center, Houston, TX. Arlo F. Weltge is with the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, McGovern School of Medicine, Houston. Mike Lee is with the Mental Health and Jail Diversion Bureau, Harris County Sheriff’s Department, Houston. Scott F. Basinger is with the Department of Pediatrics and Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston. |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Public Intoxication: Sobering Centers as an Alternative to Incarceration, Houston, 2010–2017
In 2010, the Houston police department admitted 20 508 publicly intoxicated individuals into its jail. To address jail overcrowding, the city created a jail diversion policy that allowed law enforcement to admit publicly intoxicated individuals into a new sobering center. By 2017, public intoxication jail admissions had decreased by 95%, freeing valuable resources. A promising public health intervention, sobering centers offer an alternative to i…
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Public Intoxication: Sobering Centers as an Alternative to Incarceration, Houston, 2010–2017
In 2010, the Houston police department admitted 20 508 publicly intoxicated individuals into its jail. To address jail overcrowding, the city created a jail diversion policy that allowed law enforcement to admit publicly intoxicated individuals into a new sobering center. By 2017, public intoxication jail admissions had decreased by 95%, freeing valuable resources. A promising public health intervention, sobering centers offer an alternative to i…
Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (1 works) · Emergency and Acute Care Studies (1 works) · Emergency department (1 works) · Environmental health (1 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (1 works) · Intervention (counseling) (1 works) · Law (1 works) · Law enforcement (1 works) · Medical emergency (1 works) · Medicine (1 works)