Publications by authors named "Edita Milanovic"
The overrepresentation of individuals with mental illness in the criminal/legal system is well documented. While professional associations urge diversion towards treatment, little is known about the practices these institutions use to identify this population. One understudied space in the criminal/legal continuum is jails.
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- The crisis intervention team (CIT) helps divert individuals with mental illness from the criminal justice system to community treatment, emphasizing collaboration between law enforcement and mental health services.
- The study shows that after CIT training, officers increasingly redirected calls related to mental health crises to a mental health crisis center, indicating a shift in their approach and understanding.
- Sustained changes in officer behavior suggest effective communication between law enforcement and mental health staff, which has important implications for future policy and practices in handling mental health crises.