NCJ Number
109079
Journal
American Journal of Community Psychology Volume: 15 Issue: 4 Dated: (1987) Pages: 459-471
Date Published
1987
Length
13 pages
Annotation
A naturalistic experiment tested the proposition that police time could be saved in dangerous crisis intervention calls through the use of citizen participants.
Abstract
Results showed that police officers who used citizen intervention spent less time per call than officers who did not. However, police time was not saved in family disturbance calls. Family disturbance control group calls were rated by police as having a higher degree of physical danger present than other calls. (Author Abstract)