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dc.contributor.authorVaughan, Adam D
dc.contributor.authorHewitt, Ashley N
dc.contributor.authorHodgkinson, Tarah
dc.contributor.authorAndresen, Martin A
dc.contributor.authorVerdun-Jones, Simon
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-21T05:22:40Z
dc.date.available2020-02-21T05:22:40Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.issn1752-4512
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/police/pay060
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/391784
dc.description.abstractRecent research has shown that crime-related police calls for service account for 20–30% of police call-related activity. In this article, we analyse temporal patterns of calls for police service relating to mental health. Approximately, 22,000 mental health-related calls are analysed. Seasonal, monthly, and daily patterns are analysed using ANOVA and negative binomial regression. Mental health-related calls for police service have a distinct temporal pattern for the days of the week and, to a lesser extent, at different times of the year. These calls for police service are elevated during fall/winter months and during the week. Our analyses show that police resourcing based only on criminal activity is limited for at least this one form of police calls for service. This may have implications for police resourcing and scheduling, particularly in the context of the day of the week and when special mental health teams are needed.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherOxford University Press
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom172
dc.relation.ispartofpageto185
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalPolicing: A Journal of Policy and Practice
dc.relation.ispartofvolume13
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4402
dc.subject.keywordsSocial Sciences
dc.subject.keywordsCriminology & Penology
dc.subject.keywordsCRIME SEASONALITY
dc.subject.keywordsEMERGENCY-DEPARTMENT
dc.subject.keywordsSUICIDE RATES
dc.titleTemporal Patterns of Mental Health Act Calls to the Police
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationVaughan, AD; Hewitt, AN; Hodgkinson, T; Andresen, MA; Verdun-Jones, S, Temporal Patterns of Mental Health Act Calls to the Police, Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, 2019, 13 (2), pp. 172-185
dc.date.updated2020-02-21T05:21:34Z
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorHodgkinson, Tarah


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